SS City of Brooklyn
History | |
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Name |
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Operator |
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Builder | Tod & McGregor, Glasgow |
Yard number | 145 |
Launched | 2 December 1868 |
Fate | Wrecked on 8 November 1885 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Passenger cargo vessel |
Tonnage | |
Length | 370 ft (110 m) |
Beam | 42 ft (13 m) |
Depth | 28.5 ft (8.7 m) |
Propulsion | 1-Screw, Steam 2cyl horizontal, 450nhp, 2000ihp |
SS City of Brooklyn was a steam ship built in Glasgow in 1868 by Tod & McGregor. She was initially owned and operated by the Inman Line. She was of 2,911 GRT and was 370 ft (110 m) long and with a beam of 42 ft (13 m). She was used on sailings between Liverpool and New York. She was wrecked on 8 November 1885 on Anticosti Island. No lives were lost.
References[]
- "Screw Steamer City of Brooklyn". clydeships.co.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
Categories:
- 1868 ships
- Ships built in Glasgow
- Steamships of the United Kingdom
- Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
- Ships built on the River Clyde
- Maritime incidents in 1885
- Individual ship or boat stubs