SS Aeon (1905)

History

United Kingdom
Name:	Aeon
Owner:	Howard Smith & Company, Melbourne, Australia
Port of registry:	London
Builder:	Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Howdon-on-Tyne
Completed:	1905
Fate:	Wrecked 18 July 1908
General characteristics
Length:	109.8 metres (360 ft)
Beam:	14.6 metres (48 ft)
Depth:	6.6 metres (22 ft)

Aeon was a 4,221-ton steamship built by Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Howdon-on-Tyne for Howard Smith and Company, Melbourne in 1905.^[1]

Fate

Aeon was wrecked on 18 July 1908 near Christmas Island (now Kiritimati), while on a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney.^[2]

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1908

Shipwrecks	5 Feb: Favorite 14 Feb: Emily Reed 18 Feb: HMS Hero 2 Apr: HMS Tiger 25 Apr: HMS Gladiator 27 Apr: HMS Gala 30 Apr: Matsushima 7 Jun: City of Medicine Hat 18 Jul: Aeon 27 Oct: Yarmouth October (unknown date): Neustria 14 Nov: Falls of Halladale 4 Dec: USS Yankee 12 Dec: Ellen 25 Dec: Advance

Other incidents	19 Jan: Finland February (unknown date): Magnus Mail 2 Apr: HMS Berwick 9 Apr: Eva 25 Apr: Saint Paul 27 Apr: HMS Attentive, HMS Ribble 4 May: HMS Irresistible 12 Aug: Hebble 26 Aug: Etruria 23 Sep: USS Yankee October (unknown date): Derwent Unknown date: Mataafa

1907 1909

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