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SS City of Glasgow of 1850 was a single-screw iron hulled passenger steamship of the Inman Line. Based on ideas pioneered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel 's SS Great Britain of 1845, City of Glasgow established that Atlantic steamships could be operated profitably without government subsidy.
List of shipwrecks: March 1853 Ship State Description Edmund Bremen: The ship ran aground at Bremerhaven. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Bremerhaven. [28] [51] Georges France: The smack was driven ashore as Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Manche to Shoreham-by-Sea. [49]
SS City of Glasgow was a British passenger ship of 6,545 gross register tons (GRT) in operation between 1906 and 1918. She was torpedoed and sunk by SM UB-118 21 nautical miles (39 km) east of the Tuskar Rock in the Irish Sea on 1 September 1918 with the loss of 12 of her crew, while she was travelling from Liverpool, United Kingdom to Montreal, Canada in ballast.
The list of ship launches in 1853 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1853. ... 9 March United Kingdom: John Pile ... 22 July United Kingdom ...
The SS City of Manchester was an iron-hulled single screw liner built 1851 by Tod & McGregor, Glasgow, Scotland and the second such ship owned by the Inman Line (officially the Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam Ship Company). It was an improved version of their first ship City of Glasgow which had been launched a year earlier. [2]
7 March India: Bombay Dockyard: Jumna: Helena-class brig: For Royal Navy. 7 March United Kingdom: Vaux Northam: Lady Montague: East Indiaman: For private owner. [24] 8 March United Kingdom: Messrs. Smith & Rodger Govan: Fair Trader: Steamship: For Andrew Greig. [25] 8 March United Kingdom: Thomas Blake Portsmouth Dockyard: Leander: Fourth rate ...
City of Glasgow of 1850 established that steamships could operate on the Atlantic without subsidies. John also hired a young business partner, William Inman , to operate the linen shipping business. In 1850, Inman persuaded John and his brothers to form the Liverpool and Philadelphia Steamship Company and buy an advanced new ship, the SS City ...
List of shipwrecks: March 1852 Ship State Description Caribbean United Kingdom: The ship ran aground in the South Channel, off the coast of Malaya. She was on a voyage from Penang, Malaya to Singapore. [21] Jean de Locquenghien France: The ship was lost off the mouth of the Lergipe, Brazil with the loss of a crew member. [10] Margaret: British ...