California, 1923

Item

Identifier: imm-0048

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: 1923

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Anchor Line

Builder and location: Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, Scotland

Tonnage and dimensions: 16,792 tons; 553' x 70'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 16 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 1 funnel

Passengers: 1st class: 265; 2nd class: 370; 3rd class: 1,150

Routes: Glasgow-NY

History: Converted to armed merchant cruiser Sept. 1939; commissioned as British troopship in 1942. Sunk by bombers in the Bay of Biscay July 11, 1943.

Legacy record identifier: California1923