cargo ship ALEXANDRE BIXIO

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1880 - 1905

Design features

Alexandre Bixio (iron cargo ship) 1880 - 1905
hull material : ...................iron
previous name(s) of ship : ........
detailed type : ...................iron cargo ship
type of propulsion : ..............1 propeller
building year of ship : ...........1880
name of shipyard : ................Pearse Co.
place of construction : ...........Stockton on Tees
year of entering the fleet : ......1880
length (in meters) : ..............91,44
width (in meters) : ...............10,97
gross tonnage (in tons) : .........1934
deadweight (in tons) : ............3078
type of engine : ..................inverted, 2 cylinders
engine power (in HP) : ............1000
nominal speed (in Knots) : ........11

History

Built on behalf of the British shipowner J. Mr. Wood and Company. Bought on drydock in 1880 by Compagnie Générale Transatlantique with her sistership ABANA and AKABA. Renamed ALEXANDRE BIXIO and placed on the servicing of the West Indies and the Central America. In 1889, is assigned to the line of Mexico. In 1890 and 1904, receives new boilers. In 1895, is placed on the line connecting Marseilles to Colon. January 21, 1905, runs aground in the estuary of the river Loire. The crew and the cargo are saved but the ship is lost.