SS Iberia (1873)

History
United Kingdom
NameSS Iberia
OperatorPacific Steam Navigation Company
Port of registryLiverpool
BuilderJohn Elder & Company, Fairfield
Yard number161
Launched6 December 1873
IdentificationOfficial number: 69336
FateScrapped, 1903
General characteristics
TypeSteamship
Tonnage4689 grt, 2982 nrt
Length433.5 feet (132.1 m)
Beam45 feet (14 m)
Depth35.1 feet (10.7 m)

SS Iberia was a steamship built by John Elder & Company and launched in 1873 for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. She was operated by the Orient Line from 1881 and scrapped in May 1903 at Genoa.

Iberia took part of the New South Wales Contingent to serve in Sudan with British forces as part of the Suakin Expedition, arriving at the Red Sea port of Suakin on 29 March 1885. She took 400 sick and wounded back to Britain accompanied by three nursing sisters including Louisa Parsons.[1]

Departure of troopships 'Australian' and 'Iberia' from Sydney for the Soudan on 3 March 1885.

References

  1. ^ Cohen, Susan L. (11 January 2024), "Parsons, Louisa (1855–1916), nurse", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000382493, ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8, retrieved 6 February 2024


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