SS Arratoon Apcar
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For the person named Aratoon Apcar, see Apcar family.
SS Arratoon Apcar was an iron-hulled sail and steam merchant ship that was built in Scotland in 1861 and wrecked off the coast of Florida in 1878. Her wreck in shallow water on Fowey Rocks is now a scuba diving site.
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1873 painting of Arratoon Apcar by John Scott (1802–85) | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Arratoon Apcar |
Namesake | Alexander Arratoon Apcar |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | James Henderson & Son, Renfrew |
Yard number | 36 |
Launched | 27 June 1861 |
Completed | 1861 |
Identification |
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Fate | Wrecked 17 February 1878 |
Notes | 25.590283°N 80.096667°W / 25.590283; -80.096667 |
General characteristics | |
Type | iron-hulled sail-steamer |
Tonnage | 1,493 GRT, 959 NRT |
Length | 261.7 ft (79.8 m) |
Beam | 35.1 ft (10.7 m) |
Depth | 25.0 ft (7.6 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Sail plan | 1873: three-masted barquentine |
Crew | 24 |
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