Scotia, 1862

Item

Identifier: imm-0285

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: 1862

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: Robert Napier & Sons, Glasgow, Scotland

Tonnage and dimensions: 3,871 tons; 379' x 47'

Machinery and speed: Paddle-wheels, 13.5 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 2 funnels

Routes: Liverpool-NY

History: The last Cunard paddle-wheel steamer. In December 1863 made the Queenstown-NY run in a record-breaking 8 days, 3 hours. Sold in 1878. Converted to twin-screw cable-laying vessel. Wrecked off Guam in March 1904.

Legacy record identifier: Scotia1862