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From: "Provost, Gilbert" <>
Subject: [TSL] S.S. DENVER - 1905
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 14:54:00 -0400

Hello Carole Beth. Here are the details for this vessel from the 1905-06
Lloyd's Register:

DENVER
Call sign: KFRNOfficial Number: 157628
Master: Captain S. Risk, appointed to the Shipping Line in 1878 and to the
vessel in 1901
Rigging: steel single screw Schooner; 2 steel decks sheathed in wood &
partlial steel Awning Deck
sheathed in wood; web frames; 7 cemented bulkheads; fitted with
electric light;
water ballast, Forward Peak Tank 35 tons; Aft Peak Tank 9 tons
Tonnage: 4,549 tons gross, 3,167 under deck and 2,819 net
Dimensions: 372.7 feet long, 48.2 foot beam and holds 24.5 feet deep; Poop
84 feet long;
Bridge Deck 158 feet; Forecastle 91
Construction: 1901, Harlan & Hollingsworth Co. in Wilmington, DE
Propulsion: triple expansion engine with 3 cylinders of 33 1/2, 54 & 87
inches diameter respectively;
stroke 54 inches; operating at 180 p.s.i.; 4 single ended
boilers; 16 corrugated furnaces;
grate surface 293 sq. ft.; heating surface 12,984 sq. ft.;
engine built by
the same company as the hull
Owners: New York & Texas Steam Ship Co. (C.H. Mallory, manager)
Port of registry: New York

Gilbert Provost

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