Archimede: The ARCHIMEDE was a passenger/cargo ship built by A Stephen & Sons, Glasgow at the Linthouse yard No. 25, laid down for the Floria Line (I. & V. Florio & Co., Palermo), and launched on 22 November 1881 for the successor firm of Navigazione Generale Italiana (NGI). 2,837 tons; 106,70 x 12,19 meters (350.1 x 40 feet; length x beam); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 3 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, service speed 12 knots; accommodation for 20 1st-class, 56 2nd-class,and 550 3rd-class passengers. 07 February 1882, maiden voyage, Catania-Palermo-New York. 18 June 1887, last voyage of 1887, Palermo-Naples-New York. 07 February 1888, only voyage that year, Naples-Cadiz-Montevideo-Buenos Aires. 03 March 1899, only voyage of that year, Genoa-Naples-New York. 14 March 1903, last voyage, Genoa-Naples-New York (40 roundtrip voyages 1903). 1903, transferred to the Italy-Alexandria service and renamed CAIRO and operated by South Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P Bonsor. 05 March 1905, wrecked near Alexandria at approximately 31.18N/29.48E in 50-60 meters of water.                                                     Possible Picture of the Archimede References:   Miramar Database: Single Ship Report for "5616583" http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsAA.html http://www.silogic.com/genealogy/1883%20May%203%20Archimede.html Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 3 (1979), p. 1111; Bonsor, South Atlantic Seaway; An illustrated history of the passenger lines and liners from Europe to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina (Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications, 1983), p. 301.