Name Ixion Yard number 304 | Namesake Ixion Length 108 m | |
Owner Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij Port of registry Liverpool, United Kingdom Builder Scott Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. | ||
SS Ixion was a Dutch cargo ship that caught fire and sank near the coast of the Netherlands East Indies in 1911.
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Construction
Ixion was constructed in 1893 at the Scott Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. shipyard in Greenock, United Kingdom. She was completed in 1893 and she was named Ixion and served from 1893 until her demise in 1911.
The ship was 108.1 metres (354 ft 8 in) long, with a beam of 13 metres (42 ft 8 in) and a depth of 8.1 metres (26 ft 7 in). The ship was assessed at 3,489 GRT. She had a Triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller. The engine was rated at 2285 ihp.
Sinking
On 1 October 1911, one of Ixion′s coal bunkers caught fire and sank the ship off the coast of the Netherlands East Indies. Twenty-four of the 47 crew members lost their lives; the remaining 23 crew were rescued by the British steamer Good Hope