Niagara, 1888

Item

Identifier: imm-0230

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: 1888

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand

Builder and location: John Brown & Co. Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland

Tonnage and dimensions: 13,413 tons; 524' x 66'

Machinery and speed: Triple-screw, 18 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 2 funnels

Routes: Trans-Pacific

History: For a number of years was the largest passenger ship trading to Australia from North American Pacific ports. Struck a mine and sunk in NZ July 19, 1940.

Legacy record identifier: Niagara1888