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Almendares
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:13 pm
by shipstamps


Paddle steamer. No info.
Cuba SG2864 MS, S3497
Re: Almendares
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:38 pm
by aukepalmhof
One of the first paddle steamers in use in Cuba, when and where built I could not find.
Tonnage and dimensions unknown.
Steam engine of 120 hp.
Building cost $6.800.
She was in service in 1841.
Sailing between Mantanzas and Havana in about 6 hours.
Fate unknown.
Cuba 1982 1p sgMS2864, scott2558. 1990 5c sg3497, scott3190
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