Californian, 1891

Item

Identifier: imm-0049

Staff Only

Image of Californian (1891); mkey 106905

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

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Allan Line

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

Tonnage and dimensions: 4,244 tons; 386' x 46'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 13 knots

Masts and funnels: 3 masts, 1 funnel

Routes: First voyage as CALIFORNIAN, Liverpool-Portland, Maine Mar. 1898; also Glasgow-NY

History: Stranded near Portland Feb. 25, 1900, later salved and reconstructed as COAMO, under US flag. Scrapped 1925. Ex-STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

Legacy record identifier: Californian1891