The ''Exeter City'' was the first of two British cargo steamers of that name built for the
Bristol City Line
Bristol City Line was a British shipping line based in Bristol, England that traded from 1704 until 1974. From 1760 Bristol City Line also built ships.
The company's fleet was distinguished with the name of each ship ending in "City", and named ...
that plied the route between Bristol and New York.
Construction
The ship was built by
Blyth Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Company in 1887 to the
three-island principle
The three-island principle was a technique used in the construction of steel-hulled ships whereby a ship was built with a forecastle, bridge deck, and poop. The technique allowed the economical and efficient construction of ships and was particular ...
. It was the first of two cargo steamers of that name built for the Bristol City Line, who had a practice of naming their ships after notable cities. The ship was of 289 ft with a beam of 39 ft. It was driven by a triple-expansion mechanism and made around ten knots.
The funnel colours for the line were black with white band containing a blue, five pointed star.
Career
The ship would have plied the service between Bristol and New York which the Bristol line started in 1879 and continued until the 1970s. The ''Exeter City'' was scrapped in Genoa, Italy, in 1925.
Bristol City Line.
''The Ships List''. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185647/http://7seasvessels.com/exeter-city-1887-imo-0000000/
*http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_transport/namedexeter.php
1887 ships
Merchant ships of the United Kingdom
Bristol City Line
Exeter
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