SS Arratoon Apcar

SS Arratoon Apcar
	1873 painting of Arratoon Apcar; by John Scott (1802–85)
History
United Kingdom
Name	Arratoon Apcar
Namesake	Alexander Arratoon Apcar
Owner	1861: Apcar & Co; 1873: HF Swan & Co;
Port of registry	1863: Calcutta; 1873: London;
Builder	James Henderson & Son, Renfrew
Yard number	36
Launched	27 June 1861
Completed	1861
Identification	UK official number 43924; code letters TRBG; ;
Fate	Wrecked 17 February 1878
Notes	25.590283°N 80.096667°W
General characteristics
Type	iron-hulled sail-steamer
Tonnage	1,493 GRT, 959 NRT
Length	261.7 ft (79.8 m)
Beam	35.1 ft (10.7 m)
Depth	25.0 ft (7.6 m)
Installed power	1861: 250 NHP; 1873: 160 NHP;
Propulsion	single screw; 1861: steam engine, details unknown; 1873: compound steam engine;
Sail plan	1873: three-masted barquentine
Crew	24

SS Arratoon Apcar was an iron-hulled sail and steam merchant ship that was built in Scotland in 1861 and wrecked off the coast of Florida in 1878. Her wreck in shallow water on Fowey Rocks is now a scuba diving site.

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