Gallia, 1879

Item

Identifier: imm-0133

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: 1879

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Cunard Line

Builder and location: J. & G. Thompson, Glasgow

Tonnage and dimensions: 4,809 tons; 430' x 44'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 15 knots

Masts and funnels: 3 masts, 1 funnel

Passengers: 1st class: 300; 3rd class: 1,200

Routes: Liverpool-Queenstown-NY; Liverpool-Queenstown-Boston

History: Chartered to Cia Trasatlántica as DON ALVARO DE BAZAN 1896. Reverted to GALLIA 1896, resumed Liverpool-Queenstown-NY. Sold to Beaver Line 1897 for Liverpool-Halifax-St. John service. Sold 1899 to Allan Line for Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal service. Scrapped

Legacy record identifier: Gallia1879