Alaska, 1881

Item

Identifier: imm-0006

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Immigration and Steamships database contains descriptive information about 320 passenger and immigrant vessels built from 1833 to 1929. Records may identify the vessel, year built, shipping line, builder and place of construction, tonnage and dimensions, machinery and speed, masts and funnels, passenger capacities, routes, and vessel history. Most records are associated with one or more images from Mystic Seaport Museum collections.

Dates

Creation: 1881

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Guion Line

Builder and location: John Elder & Co., Glasgow

Tonnage and dimensions: 6,392 tons; 500' x 50'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 17 knots

Masts and funnels: 4 masts, 2 funnels

Routes: Liverpool-Queenstown-NY

History: Won Atlantic Blue Ribbon in April 1882 for a record Atlantic crossing of 7 days, 6 hours, 43 minutes. Laid up 1894. In 1897 renamed MAGALLANES, sailed as charter for Cia Trasatlatica. Sold for scrap 1899, but resold as a hulk. Broken up 1902.

Legacy record identifier: Alaska1881