''Teutonia'' was a

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that was built by

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, Greenock,

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, Scotland for the Hamburg Brazilianische Packetschiffahrt Gesellschaft in 1856. It later served with the Hamburg Amerika Line before being sold to British owners in 1877 and Italian owners in 1884, serving them under the names ''Regina'', ''Piemontese'', ''Città di Savona'' and ''Mentana'' The ship was scrapped in 1894.

Description

It was a 2,693 gross ton ship. The ship was long, with a beam of and a depth of . A 350 hp steam engine drove a single screw propeller. The ship had a maximum speed under steam of . Also propelled by sails, the ship was rigged as a

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. The ship had accommodation for 50 first class, 135 second class and 310 third class passengers. Her sister ship was .

Career

The ship was built as

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48 by Caird and Company at its Cartsdyke Mid Yard in Greenock,

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for the Hamburg Brazilianische Packetschiffahrt Gesellschaft. Its port of registry was

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. The ship was launched on 4 October 1856. It sailed from Hamburg on its maiden voyage on 20 December for

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, United Kingdom then Lisbon, Portugal,

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and

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. On 7 March 1857, ''Teutonia'' collided with the British schooner ''Smuggler'' in the Bay of Biscay whilst on a voyage from

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. ''Smuggler'' sank with the loss of four crew. The captain of ''Smuggler'' was the only survivor. On 10 January 1858, she rescued the crew of the French

''Louis Armand'', which had sprung a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was sinking. In 1858, the ship was sold to the Hamburg Amerika Line. In 1862, a new

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was installed. Built by the Rieherstieg Schiffswerfte und Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg, it had cylinders of and diameter by stroke. On 2 June 1860, ''Teutonia'' ran aground on the Brambles, in the

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. She was refloated after two hours. In January 1869, she collided with the steamship ''A. G. Brown'' in the

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, sinking her. In 1877, ''Teutonia'' was sold to Henry Flinn,

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, United Kingdom. The ship was reflagged to the United Kingdom and registered at Liverpool. The United Kingdom Official Number 76476 was allocated. It was operated under the management of the Dominion Line of

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. In December, she ran aground off Cape Mayor, near

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. In 1878, the ship was sold to the Mississippi and Dominion Steamship Co, Liverpool. In November 1880, she caught fire at

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, United States. In 1882, ''Teutonia'' was sold T Baker and registered at

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, Glamorgan. It was sold back to the Mississippi and Dominion Steamship Co in 1884 and was sold later that year to Francesco Costa, Italy and renamed ''Regina''. Renamed ''Piemontese'' in 1889 and ''Città di Savona'' in 1890; the ship was sold in 1891 to the Italian company Schiaffino and renamed ''Mentana''. The ship was scrapped in 1894 at La Spezia, Italy.

References

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