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The ship Hekla

 

Built by Scott’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland, 1884. 3,258 gross tons; 330 (bp) feet long; 41 feet wide. Compound engine, single screw.  Service speed 11 knots.  870 passengers (40 first class, 30 second class, 800 third class).

 

Built for Thingvalla Line, Danish flag, in 1884 and named Hekla. Copenhagen-New York service. Transferred to other Danish owners, in 1905 and renamed Eduard Regel. Sold to Russian owners, in 1909 and renamed Minsk. Scrapped in 1910.