SS_Aeon_(1905) Knowpia

History
United Kingdom
Name	Aeon
Owner	Howard Smith & Company, Melbourne, Australia
Port of registry	London
Builder	Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Howdon-on-Tyne
Launched	20 April 1905
Completed	1905
Fate	Wrecked 18 July 1908
General characteristics
Length	109.8 metres (360 ft)
Beam	14.6 metres (48 ft)
Depth	6.6 metres (22 ft)

Aeon was a 4,221-ton steamship built by Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Howdon-on-Tyne for Howard Smith and Company, Melbourne in 1905.^[2]

Fate edit

Aeon was wrecked on 18 July 1908 near Christmas Island (now Kiritimati), while on a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney.^[3]

^ "SS Aeon (1905)". www.tynebuiltships.com. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^ "New Steamship Aeon, Examiner (Launceston, Tas), Thursday 21 September 1905, p.4". Retrieved 1 March 2012.
^ "The Aeon a Hopeless Wreck, The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 9 October 1908, p.8". Retrieved 1 March 2012.

History

United Kingdom
Name	Aeon
Owner	Howard Smith & Company, Melbourne, Australia
Port of registry	London
Builder	Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Howdon-on-Tyne^[1]
Launched	20 April 1905
Completed	1905
Fate	Wrecked 18 July 1908
General characteristics
Length	109.8 metres (360 ft)
Beam	14.6 metres (48 ft)
Depth	6.6 metres (22 ft)