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| Launched 1870: ss ABYSSINIA |
ss ABYSSINIA
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ss ABYSSINIA
built by J & G Thomson Govan,
Yard No 110 Engines by shipbuilder?
Port of Registry: Liverpool
Propulsion: Steam 2cy 280nhp 13kn .......... 1882 reengined steam compound
Launched: Thursday, 03/03/1870
Built: 1870
Ship Type: Iron Passenger Vessel
Tonnage: 3376
Length: 363 feet
Breadth: 42 feet
Owner History:
British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet
Cunard from 09/07/1878
Status: Destroyed by Fire - 18/12/1891
Remarks:
The company was renamed Cunard Steamship Company in 1886.
She started her maiden voyage on 24th May 1870 when she left Liverpool for Queenstown (Cobh) and New York.
1880 returned to builders in part payment for the new ships SERVIA and CATALONIA.
Sold to the Guion Line, she commenced Liverpool~Queenstown~New York sailings.
1882 fitted with compound engines.
1887~1891 she ran on the Pacific for Canadian Pacific Line.
Resumed Liverpool~Queenstown~New York in Nov 1891 but was destroyed at sea by fire in Dec 1891 1300nm E of New York . All the passengers and crew were rescued by the German liner SPREE. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.151, edited]
Previously updated by Paul Strathdee
Previous update by Bruce Biddulph
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Previous update by David Asprey
Last updated: by Colin Campbell from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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