SS Stephano
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Stephano |
| Owner | Bowring Brothers |
| Builder | Charles Cornell & Co. Ltd. Scotstoun |
| Yard number | 341 |
| Launched | 2 May 1911 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Completed | June 1911 |
| In service | 1911 |
| Out of service | 8 October 1916 |
| Identification | Official Number 131350 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk near Nantucket, United States |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 326.1 ft (99.4 m) |
| Beam | 46.3 ft (14.1 m) |
| Depth | 19.9 ft (6.1 m) |
| Installed power | 1 × 3 cyl. triple expansion steam engine, single shaft. output: 577 nhp |
| Propulsion | 1 screw |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Capacity |
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SS Stephano was a passenger liner and sealing ship, owned by Bowring Brothers and operated in their Red Cross Line of Arctic steamships. Stephano is most notable for her role in the 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster, under the command of Captain Abram Kean. Stephano was the sister ship to the SS Florizel.