SS ''Aleppo'' was a British passenger cargo vessel, launched on 1 November 1864, measuring 292.5 feet by 38.2 feet, 2,057 gross tonnage, built in Glasgow by

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. She made her first North Atlantic voyage from

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to Halifax to

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beginning on 15 September 1865. The ''Aleppo'' had accommodation for 46 first class and 593 third class passengers. The ship was commissioned for the British & Foreign Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow, a company established in 1855 to run the Mediterranean shipping interests of the investors of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company, the forerunner of the

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. In 1878 the firms were reorganised, the British & Foreign Steam Navigation Company and its ships were merged into the Cunard Steam Ship Co. Ltd., and ''Aleppo'' was transferred on 7 September 1878. In 1880, the ship was fitted with compound engines and in 1890, the SS ''Aleppo'' was re-engined with triple-expansion engines by J. Howden & Co. The ship made its last North Atlantic voyage from

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on 24 March 1892. In 1905, the SS ''Aleppo'' was broken up at

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by Thos. W. Ward. Her figurehead is preserved in the collections of Mystic Seaport, Connecticut.

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