AEON
...shown here in Melbourne Vic Australia

Howard Smiths Shipping Co

Aeon (II) 1913-1960.

ON: 132440
IDNo: 1132440
Year: 1913
Name: AEON
Type: Cargo ship
Flag: AUS
Launch Date: 26.10.12
Date of completion: 1.13
Owner: Australian Steamships Ltd., (Howard Smith), AUS Melbourne.
Builder: Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Middlesbrough.
Link: 1543
Yard No: 575
V1913 #9
GRT: 3,763
LPP: 111.3
Beam: 15.4
1Q-11 knots.

1956 sold to Cambay Prince SS Co Ltd., GBR Hong Kong, r/n NEPEAN BREEZE

1957 sold to Panamanian Oriental SS Corp., PAN Panama, r/n LISBOA

1958 sold to Oriental Nav Co., TWN Keelung. Same name.

1960 BU Taiwan


Thanks to Miramar Ship Index.


AEON (II) 3,763 gross tons. Lb: 111.3 x 15.4 metres. Steel single screw cargo steamship built by Dixon (Raylton) at Middlesbrough for Australian Steamships Ltd (Howard Smith), Melbourne. Quadruple expansion engine making 11 knots. 1955 sold to John Manners & Co., Hong Kong renamed Nepean Breeze. 1957 sold to Wheelock Marden and renamed Lisboa. Broken up at Taiwan 1960.

Photo Credits: The late Allan Green Collection Vic Australia

Details: The Mirimar ship index and The Flotilla Australia (John Hosking)