La Bourgogne, 1886

Item

Identifier: imm-0180

Staff Only

Image of La Bourgogne (1886); mkey 153577

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: 1886

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: French Line

Builder and location: Forges & Chantiers de la Mediterranée, La Seyne, France

Tonnage and dimensions: 7,395 tons; 495' x 52'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 17.5 knots

Masts and funnels: 4 masts, 2 funnels

Passengers: 1st class: 390; 2nd class: 65; 3rd class: 600

Routes: Havre-NY

History: Collided Feb. 1896 with and sank AILSA off the US coast. Collided with British ship CROMARTYSHIRE off Sable Island, July 4, 1898, and sunk with a loss of 549 lives.

Legacy record identifier: La Bourgogne1886