SS Main (1868) was a 3,087-ton single-screw ocean liner built in 1868 by
Caird & Co.,
Greenock. New compound engines fitted in 1878. Owned 1868–1891 by the
Norddeutscher Lloyd and 1891–1892 by the Anglo-American Steamship Co. On 23 March 1892, while on voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool with cattle and general cargo, destroyed by a fire at Prim Bay,
Fayal, in the
Azores and left to disintegrate.[1]
SS Main (1904) was a 715-ton cargo ship launched on 28 April 1904, by Mackie & Thomson in
Govan, Scotland. Sold and renamed Marden in 1926, sunk in collision with The Sultan off Cromer Knoll on 27 May 1929.[2]
SS Main (1906) was a 2,662-ton cargo ship launched as Regina on 13 December 1906, by
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in
Flensburg, Germany. Sold and renamed Maria in 1921, sold again in 1924 and renamed Main. Finally resold in 1927 and renamed Milos. Struck a mine and sank off
Kristiansand, Norway on 20 October 1944.[3]
SS Main (1926) was a 964-ton cargo ship completed in January 1927 by
Stettiner Oderwerke in
Stettin, Germany. Norwegian ownership under the name Røyksund from 1947, resold in 1955 to German owners and renamed Birka. Delivered to ship breakers for scrapping in April 1961.[4]
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SS Main (1868) was a 3,087-ton single-screw ocean liner built in 1868 by
Caird & Co.,
Greenock. New compound engines fitted in 1878. Owned 1868–1891 by the
Norddeutscher Lloyd and 1891–1892 by the Anglo-American Steamship Co. On 23 March 1892, while on voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool with cattle and general cargo, destroyed by a fire at Prim Bay,
Fayal, in the
Azores and left to disintegrate.[1]
SS Main (1904) was a 715-ton cargo ship launched on 28 April 1904, by Mackie & Thomson in
Govan, Scotland. Sold and renamed Marden in 1926, sunk in collision with The Sultan off Cromer Knoll on 27 May 1929.[2]
SS Main (1906) was a 2,662-ton cargo ship launched as Regina on 13 December 1906, by
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in
Flensburg, Germany. Sold and renamed Maria in 1921, sold again in 1924 and renamed Main. Finally resold in 1927 and renamed Milos. Struck a mine and sank off
Kristiansand, Norway on 20 October 1944.[3]
SS Main (1926) was a 964-ton cargo ship completed in January 1927 by
Stettiner Oderwerke in
Stettin, Germany. Norwegian ownership under the name Røyksund from 1947, resold in 1955 to German owners and renamed Birka. Delivered to ship breakers for scrapping in April 1961.[4]
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.