SS Aeolus (1884)

SS Aeolus was a Swedish coastal freighter built in 1884 and wrecked in 1927.

History

Cutaway and deck plan drawing of Aeolus from the Swedish Maritime Museum.

Ordered by Rederi AB Svea, Aeolus was built by Lindholmens Mechanical Workshop in Gothenburg.^[1] She was powered by a coal-burning reciprocating steam engine.

Aeolus operated mostly in the Baltic Sea, mainly between Stockholm, Copenhagen, Lübeck, and Riga.^[2]

Aeolus was severely damaged by fire at Stockholm on 9 April 1926.^[3]

She was broken up in 1956.

↑ Stockholms Auktionsverk Online (in Swedish, retrieved 12 September 2015)
↑ Stockholms Auktionsverk Online (in Swedish, retrieved 12 September 2015)
↑ "Fires in several steamers". The Times (44242). London. 10 April 1926. col B, p. 19.

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1926

Shipwrecks	11 Feb: Heian Maru 9 Apr: Sylvanus 1 Jun: Washington Irving 8 Jun: Atlantus 2 Jul: Queen of Nassau 9 Aug: HMS H29 13 Aug: Albert San 2 Sep: HMAS Platypus II 14 Sep: Roseway September (unknown date): HMS Raleigh 26 Nov: Andrios 30 Nov: City of Bangor 18 Dec: Swiks Unknown date: Sapona

Other incidents	11 Jan: Empress of Asia 12 Jan: Empress January (unknown date): Cameronia 10 Mar: America 9 Apr: Aeolus 16 Jul: Brulin 20 Aug: Espagne 25 Aug: Ambria August (unknown date): Cameronia 5 Sep: HMS Cockchafer 1 Nov: HMS R4 9 Dec: Sac City 24 Dec: HMS Thunderer 26 Dec: Franconia Unknown date: America, Otranto

1925 1927

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