SS Ixion

SS Ixion was a Dutch cargo ship that caught fire and sank near the coast of the Netherlands East Indies in 1911. Built in 1892 and originally operated by the Blue Funnel Line, she was transferred to the company's Dutch subsidiary, Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij Oceaan, in September 1902.

Construction

Ixion was launched on 23 November 1892 and completed the following month at the Scotts & Company shipyard in Greenock, United Kingdom.
The ship was long, with a beam of and a depth of. The ship was assessed at. She had a triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller. The engine was rated at 2285 indicated horsepower.

On 1 October 1911, one of Ixion's coal bunkers caught fire off the coast of the Netherlands East Indies, causing her to sink with the loss of 24 of her 47 crew members. Her 23 survivors were rescued by the British steamer Good Hope. At the time, she was carrying a cargo that included copra and tobacco from Tanjung Priok to Amsterdam. The ship's name was revived when another vessel of the same name was launched only 14 months after her loss.