Meander (1855)
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The SS Meander was an iron screw passenger steamship built for James Moss & Co. of Liverpool for the Moss Line.Farr, Graham. Bristol Shipbuilding in the 19th Century. Bristol Branch of the Historical Association, University of Bristol, 1971 p20 She was launched on 23 December 1854 by the Bristol yard of G.K. Stothert & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=28 December 1854 |issue=27459 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=30 December 1854 |issue=3380 }} She had two sisterships built at the same shipyard, the Scamander and Araxes.
History
Soon after completion, James Moss & Co. chartered the Meander with both her sisterships to the French Government for use as troopships in the Crimean War. She was renamed Meandre and returned after the
Crimean War ended in February 1856.
She was purchased by Bibby Line the following year and reverted to her original name, although she was still referred to by the French and Lloyds Register as the Meandre. After a decade of service she was sold in 1868 to Cie Generale Maritime of Antwerp and renamed Baron Lambermont for operating out of Belgium. She again changed hands in 1877 when she was acquired by E. Caillol et H. Saint-Pierre of Marseilles and was renamed Orient.
Caillol & Saint-Pierre operated her on the Marseille to Corsica service carrying 10 passengers and 700 troops in the 'tween decks. She was refitted in 1885, when the engine was replaced with a compound engine by Fraissenet & Cie of Marseilles, increasing her tonnage to 1023 grt. This enabled her operation into the 20th century, but by late in her career she was relegated to a cargo ship, operating to Algeria. Meander was eventually broken up in Marseille in 1910.[http://users.telenet.be/wilfran/Deppe%20voor%20WW1.htm Armement Adolf Deppe Schepen voor en tijdens WW1: Ships before and during WW1.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830153056/http://users.telenet.be/wilfran/Deppe%20voor%20WW1.htm |date=30 August 2009 }} Retrieved on 2010-09-17.
She is subject of a print entitled "Launch of the HMS Meander, from the Clifton Works, Bristol, 1855", although she never served in the Royal Navy.
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