Tod & Macgregor Shiplist
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Yard No.: |
78 |
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Name: |
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Year: |
1855 |
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Description: |
Steamship |
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Webpage: |
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Picture: |
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Tonnage: |
2,331 |
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Length: |
300.5 |
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Width: |
39.8 |
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H.P.: |
250 |
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Type: |
Iron, two compound inverted engines, three masts one funnel. |
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Customer: |
Edward Bates then Glasgow & New York Steam Navigation Company |
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Fate: |
Scrapped 1917 |
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Date of Launch: |
10th November 1855 |
Notes:
Built by Tod & MacGregor, Glasgow in 1855 for the British owned Glasgow and New York Steamship Co. She was a 2,197 gross ton ship, length 300.5ft x beam 39.8ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (ship-rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. There was accommodation for 100-1st and 700-2nd & 3rd class passengers. Launched on 10/11/1855, she sailed from Glasgow on her maiden voyage to New York on 28/12/1855.
In June 1859 she collided with an iceberg, 100 miles from St John's NF, where temporary repairs were undertaken, and on 13/7/1859 she was escorted back to Glasgow by the same company's steamer "Glasgow". She started her last Glasgow - New York voyage on 28/9/1859 and was then purchased by the Inman Line. She started her first voyage for her new owners on 23/11/1859 when she sailed from Liverpool for Queenstown (Cobh) and New York and continued this service until commencing her last voyage on 6/7/1867.
In 1870 she went to the Telegraph Construction Co and was used as a cable laying steamer, and in 1879 was sold to the Dutch company, Stoomvaart Mij Insulinde. In 1880 she went to the British company, Adamson & Ronaldson and started the first of three London - Boston voyages on 23/12/1880. Between 1881-1882 she was sold to other British owners and her engines removed.
Purchased at Suakin, Sudan by the Italian Government on 24/9/1885, she was despatched to Venice, rebuilt and re-engined, renamed "Eridano" and in 1886 was used as a transport in the Abyssinian Campaign. In 1893 she carried Italian exhibits destined for the Columbian Exposition at Chicago, and was subsequently used as a hydrographic ship. In approximately 1905 she became a storeship for the Italian Naval Torpedo School, and in 1907 became a hulk at Maddalena, Sardinia.
She was scrapped in 1917. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.1, p.254] There is an excellent picture of this ship in North Atlantic Seaway, vol.1, p.252.
[Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 26 May 1998]
May have been re-named the Amsterdam in 1870.
[Passenger Ships of the World, Eugene W.Smith]
