SS Java (1865)

For other ships with the same name, see SS Zeeland.

History
Name	1865: SS Java 1878: SS Zeeland 1889: Electrique 1892: Lord Spencer
Operator	1865: Cunard Line 1878: Red Star Line 1889: French owners 1892: British owners
Port of registry	1865: United Kingdom 1898: France 1892: United Kingdom
Route	1865: Liverpool–Queenstown–New York 1878: Antwerp–New York
Builder	J & G Thomson Glasgow, Scotland
Launched	24 June 1865
Maiden voyage	Liverpool-Queenstown–New York, 21 October 1865
Fate	Missing on way San Francisco-New York, 1895
General characteristics
Tonnage	2,696 GT
Length	337.1 ft (102.7 m)
Beam	42.9 ft (13.1 m)
Capacity	Passengers (as built):

SS Java was a British and French ocean liner built in 1865 at Glasgow by J. G. Thompson & Co. It served for the Cunard Line. 1877 it was re-engined with compound engines by Fawcett, Preston & Co, Liverpool and chartered to Warren Line, until it had been sold to Red Star Line one year later and renamed to SS Zeeland.

In its later years it was sold to French owners in 1889 and British owners again in 1892. In 1895 it went missing on its way from San Francisco to New York.

References

• Ships history at Norwayheritage.com