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SS Aguila (1916)
SS ''Aguila'' was a British Steamship, steam Passenger ship, passenger liner. She was built in Dundee in 1917 and was sunk by enemy action in the North Atlantic in 1941. She belonged to Yeoward Line, which carried passengers and fruit between Liverpool, Lisbon, Madeira and the Canary Islands. ''Aguila'' is Spanish for eagle, and a popular name for ships. This was the second in Yeoward Brothers' fleet, the first having been built in 1909 and sunk by in 1915. Building and equipment The Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company of Dundee built ''Aguila'', completing her in November 1917. She had nine corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of that heated three single-ended boilers with a combined heating surface of . These fed steam at 180 Pounds per square inch, lbf/in2 to a three-cylinder Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion, triple expansion steam engine that was rated at 395 Horsepower#Nominal horsepower, NHP and drove a single Propeller, screw, giving he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the union of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into one sovereign state, established by the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801. It continued in this form until 1927, when it evolved into the United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, after the Irish Free State gained a degree of independence in 1922. It was commonly known as Great Britain, Britain or England. Economic history of the United Kingdom, Rapid industrialisation that began in the decades prior to the state's formation continued up until the mid-19th century. The Great Famine (Ireland), Great Irish Famine, exacerbated by government inaction in the mid-19th century, led to Societal collapse, demographic collapse in much of Ireland and increased calls for Land Acts (Ireland), Irish land reform. The 19th century was an era of Industrial Revolution, and growth of trade and finance, in which Britain largely dominate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
