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Aquitaine, 1891

 Item
Identifier: imm-0019
Image of Aquitaine (1891); mkey 109274

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: 1891

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

Vessel Details

Line: Transports Maritimes

Builder and location: Sunderland Shipbuilding Co., Sunderland, England

Tonnage and dimensions: 3,161 tons; 350' x 42'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 12.5 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 1 funnel

Routes: Marseilles-South America

History: Bought by France-Amerique Line in 1908, sailed Marseilles--Spain-South America. Scrapped in France, 1927.

Legacy record identifier: Aquitaine1891

Repository Details

Part of the Other Resources Repository

Contact:
Mystic Seaport Museum
112 Greenmanville Ave.
Mystic Connecticut 06355 USA
860.572.5367