Aeon was a 4,221-ton steamship built by Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Howdon-on-Tyne for Howard Smith, Melbourne, Australia in 1905.[2]
Fate
Aeon was wrecked on 18 July 1908 near Christmas Island while on a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney.[3]
References
- ^ “SS Aeon (1905)”. tynebuiltships.com. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ “New Steamship Aeon”. The Examiner. 21 September 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ “The Aeon a Hopeless Wreck”. Sydney Morning Herald. 9 October 1908. p. 8. Retrieved 1 March 2012.