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USQMD Matteawan

Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down in 1893 as the steel cargo ship Asturian Prince, at J. Readhead & Sons, South Shields, England for the Prince Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.
  • Launched, 29 August 1893
  • Delivered October 1893 to Prince Steam Shipping Co. Ltd., Newcastle, England
  • Wrecked, 6 February 1895, on the east point of Curacao on a voyage from Puerto Cabello to Curacao with iron and general cargo
  • Refloated, 10 July 1895 and sold to Miami Steamship Co. Inc., New York; renamed Matteawan, reflagged USA
  • Requisitioned in 1898 by U.S.Army Quartermaster Corps as troop ship during the Spanish-American War, commissoned USAQMD Matteawan
  • Matteawan transported the Bates Independent Brigade, 20th U.S. Infantry, and the 2nd U.S. Cavalry to Cuba in 1898
  • Retired from U.S. Army service, circa 1900
  • Sold in 1900 to Saginaw Steel Steamship Co,, New York.
  • Final Dispostion, departed Naniamo B.C., 12 February 1901 for for San Francisco with a cargo of coal. Subsequently reported missing
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2499t. light, 3301 t. loaded
    Length 336'0"
    Beam 42'0"
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft 18'3"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Passengers unknown
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    boiler(s)
    one John Readhead & Co, South Shields 3 cyl triple expansion steam engine (24",40",66"), 292nhp
    single screw
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    USQMD Matteawan
    Matteawan
    301311202    		 46k USQMD Matteawan underway during the Spanish American War, 1898, location unknown.
    The Spanish American War Centennial Website     		Robert Hurst
    Merchant Service
    Matteawan
    301311201    		 65k Antonio Jacobsen, 1893, oil painting of the Saginaw Steel SS Co. carge ship SS Matteawan
    Mariners Museum, Newport News, VA.     		Robert Hurst
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