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Hier ein Auszug aus den Schiffsbeschreibungen:

VICTOR EMANUEL / ARCTURUS 1856

Passenger and cargo steamship, 1 deck, iron hull, 364 gross tons, length 146.7ft x beam 20.7ft, 1872 rebuilt to 472 gross tons, length 182.8ft. Built by Alexander Denny, Albert Yard, Dumbarton, yard No.40. Completed 16.2.1856, registered as owned by Alexander Denny, Glasgow and named VICTOR EMANUEL. Used on the Clyde - Mediterranean service. 28.8.1858 sold to John Mitchell, Glasgow. 13.4.1858 arrived Copenhagen and chartered to C.P.A. Koch for the Copenhagen - Scotland - Torshavn - Iceland service. 1858-1870 mail service to the Faroes and Iceland. 17.4.1858 left Copenhagen on her first trip to the Faroes and Iceland via Leith. 7.3.1859 sold to C.P.A. Koch & Wm Henderson, Copenhagen for £7,500 and renamed ARCTURUS. 7.3.1863 arrived Glasgow for repairs and new boiler. 16.7.1864 sold to L.C. Poulsen, Kjobenhavn, chartered to the Danish Government and used as a troopship during the war against Germany. 16.7.1864 resold to Koch & Henderson. 1.1.1867 officially taken over by DFDS and used on the Copenhagen - Iceland and Stettin - Copenhagen - West coast of Norway services. 1871-1872 lengthened and re-boilered at Renfrew. Dec.1877 badly damaged in collision with Norwegian SS VIDAR, grounded, refloated and repaired at Bergen. 5.4.1887 On voyage Copenhagen - Danzig in ballast, collided with SS SAVONA, Leith and sank off Falsterbo with no loss of life.