Britannic, 1874

Item

Identifier: imm-0044

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: 1874

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: White Star Line

Builder and location: Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland

Tonnage and dimensions: 5,004 tons; 455' x 45'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 16 knots

Masts and funnels: 4 masts, 2 funnels

Passengers: 1st class: 220; 3rd class: 1,500

Routes: Liverpool-Queenstown-NY

History: Laid down as HELLENIC, but launched as BRITANNIC. Nov. 1876-record voyage Queenstown-NY. May 19, 1887 collided with White Star CELTIC off Sandy Hook, both damaged. Last voyage August 1899. Boer War transport 1899. Scrapped 1903.

Legacy record identifier: Britannic1874