Exeter City (1887)

The Exeter City was the first of two British cargo steamers of that name built for the Bristol City Line that plied the route between Bristol and New York.

The Exeter City in the Avon Gorge, Bristol.
History
United Kingdom
Name: Exeter City
Operator: Bristol City Line
Port of registry: Bristol, UK
Builder: Blyth Shipbuilding Company
Launched: 18 October 1887
Fate: Scrapped in 1925
General characteristics
Type: Passenger-cargo ship
Displacement: 1,434 t (1,411 long tons; 1,581 short tons)
Length: 289 ft (88 m)
Beam: 39 ft (12 m)
Propulsion: 3-cylinder triple expansion engine; single screw
Speed: 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)

Construction

The ship was built by Blyth Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Company in 1887 to the three-island principle. It was the first of two cargo steamers of that name built for the Bristol City Line, who had a practice of naming their ships after notable cities. The ship was of 289 ft with a beam of 39 ft. It was driven by a triple-expansion mechanism and made around ten knots.[1] The funnel colours for the line were black with white band containing a blue, five pointed star.[2]

Career

The ship would have plied the service between Bristol and New York which the Bristol line started in 1879 and continued until the 1970s.[3] The Exeter City was scrapped in Genoa, Italy, in 1925.[4]

References
  1. Greenway, Ambrose (2011). Cargo Liners: An Illustrated History. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-78346-929-1.
  2. House flag, Bristol City Line of Steamships Ltd. Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  3. Pride of Bristol - the Bristol City Line. Bristol Post, 17 November 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  4. Bristol City Line. The Ships List. Retrieved 29 October 2015.


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