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City of Glasgow left Liverpool on 1 March 1854, with 480 people aboard. There were 111 cabin and saloon passengers and 293 in steerage. There were 111 cabin and saloon passengers and 293 in steerage. Her crew was 76: captain and 4 officers, 1 surgeon, 1 purser, 4 engineers, 6 firemen, 5 coal trimmers, 19 stewards and waiters, 1 stewardess, 1 ...
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1853 Ship State Description Carib United Kingdom: The ship ran aground near Woosung, China. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Woosung. [1] Eliza United Kingdom: The ship was severely damaged by fire at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. [2] Ellen United Kingdom
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 ...
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.
This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.
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 ...
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 ...