Belgenland (1878)
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For other ships with the same name, see Belgenland.
Belgenland was an iron-hulled sail-steamer that was launched in England in 1878 and spent most of her career as a Belgian transatlantic ocean liner. She was renamed Venere in 1904 and scrapped in Italy in 1905.
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![]() Belgenland rigged as a schooner and dressed overall | |
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Builder | Barrow Shipbuilding Co, Barrow |
Yard number | 59 |
Launched | 24 December 1878 |
Completed | 1879 |
Maiden voyage | 20 May 1879 |
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Fate | Scrapped 1905 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | |
Length | 402.9 ft (122.8 m) |
Beam | 40.2 ft (12.3 m) |
Depth | 30.6 ft (9.3 m) |
Decks | 3 |
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Propulsion | compound steam engine |
Capacity | 1895: 150 2nd class and 1,000 third class passengers |
Notes | iron hull, 4 masts |
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