SS ''Aeolus'' was a Swedish coastal freighter built in 1884 and wrecked in 1927.
History
Ordered by
Rederi AB Svea
Stockholms Rederi AB Svea (originally Sveabolaget, later often referred to as Rederi AB Svea or simply Svea) was a Swedish shipping company founded in the 1870s. It operated a wide variety of ships carrying freight and passengers around the worl ...
, ''Aeolus'' was built by
Lindholmens Mechanical Workshop in
Gothenburg. She was powered by a coal-burning
reciprocating steam engine.
''Aeolus'' operated mostly in the
Baltic Sea
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The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...
, mainly between
Stockholm,
Copenhagen
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,
Lübeck
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, and
Riga.
''Aeolus'' was severely damaged by fire at Stockholm on 9 April 1926.
She was
broken up
Ship-breaking (also known as ship recycling, ship demolition, ship dismantling, or ship cracking) is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships for either a source of Interchangeable parts, parts, which can be sold for re-use, ...
in 1956.
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1884 ships
Ships built in Gothenburg
Ships of Sweden
Shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea
Steamships
Maritime incidents in 1927