SS Aeon (1905) explained

Aeon was a 4,221-ton steamship built by Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Howdon-on-Tyne for Howard Smith and Company, Melbourne in 1905.[1]

Fate

Aeon was wrecked on 18 July 1908 near Christmas Island (now Kiritimati), while on a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Steamship Aeon, Examiner (Launceston, Tas), Thursday 21 September 1905, p.4.. 1 March 2012.
  2. Web site: The Aeon a Hopeless Wreck, The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 9 October 1908, p.8.. 1 March 2012.

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