Tod & Macgregor Shiplist
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Yard No.: |
127 |
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Name: |
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Year: |
1863 |
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Description: |
Passenger Cargo Ship |
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Tonnage: |
1,374 |
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Length: |
261.5 |
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Width: |
33.1 |
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H.P.: |
360 : 10½ knots, Two cylinder compound inverted engine. |
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Type: |
Iron, Single Screw, compound engines fitted in 1872 |
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Fate: |
Sold 23rd April 1897 to Italian subjects. Scrapped 1898¹ |
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Points of Note: |
Initial Registry: 10th Dec 1863, Lengthened in 1872 to 310.6 ft |
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Date of Launch: |
29/10/1863¹ |
Notes:
60 saloon and 550 steerage passengers.¹
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]
The Caledonia made her first voyage from Glasgow to Portland and New York on 11/12/1863. Between 1863 and 1872 she sailed between Glasgow and New York except for a single round voyage in February 1870; Glasgow - Palermo - New York and Glasgow. In 1872 she was rebuilt to 2,125 gross tons, fitted with compound engines 424 HP. The dimensions became 310.6ft x 33.3ft x 28.5ft and her accommodation increased to 60 1st and 550 3rd class.
On 10th July 1872 she resumed Glasgow - Moville - New York sailings and in 1874 commenced her first Glasgow - Genoa - Naples - New York - Glasgow voyage. She made two round voyages on this service¹ and on the 3rd of March 1875 she opened a service from Glasgow and Liverpool to Bombay with two voyages. This carried on after 1878.²
After starting this route she returned to the Glasgow - Genoa - Naples - New York - Glasgow route to 1896. 1880-81 saw her doing 8 round trips London - Halifax - Boston and in 1884 - 1886 she did 11 more.¹
On the 6th of April she left Genoa on her last voyage to Naples, New York (arriving 19th June) and Glasgow. She was sold for scrap on the 23rd of April.¹
[¹ www.genealogy.rootsweb.com]
²[Anchor Line, R.S. McLellan]
May have been launched as the Caledonia and later renamed California.
[Trans-Atlantic Passenger Ships, Eugene W.Smith]
