Tod & Macgregor Shiplist
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Yard No.: |
125 |
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Name: |
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Year: |
1863 |
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Description: |
Passenger Ship |
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Picture: |
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Tonnage: |
1,370 |
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Length: |
261.5 |
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Width: |
33.1 |
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H.P.: |
360 : 10½ knots |
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Type: |
Iron; twin inverse engines, Single Screw |
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Fate: |
On 29/1/1873 she was wrecked with no loss of life at Pladda, Isle of Arran, Scotland. |
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Points of Note: |
Initial Registry: 8th July 1863 |
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Date of Launch: |
18th January 1863 |
Notes:
60 saloon and 550 steerage passengers.
[Anchor Line, R.S. McLellan]
Maiden voyage: Glasgow-Quebec-Montreal, 8th July 1863. Sister ship to the Caledonia.
[Passenger Ships of the World, Eugene W.Smith]
The Britannia and the Caledonia were a great improvement on the company's tonnage of that day, ships built on the Clyde to practically the same design as the contemporary Inman Liners and were very successful.
[A Century of Atlantic Travel, FG Bowen]
In 1864 Capt. Campbell was washed overboard and lost during a gale, while going to the aid of a lady passenger.
[www.norwayheritage.com]
