Category:America (ship, 1848)

Ship edit

• Type: Sidewheel steamboat ocean liner
• Built by: Robert Steele & Co., Greenock
• Yard No:
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1847.05.13
• Completed: 1848
• Length over all: 249.0 ft
• Beam: 35.1 ft
• GT: 1826
• DWT:
• Sister ships: Canada, Europa, Niagara
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History edit

• 1848 Named America; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Official number: 1609
  • Port: Glasgow
  • Owner: The British & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (Cunard Line)
• 1863 Leased to Allan Line
• 1866.12 Renamed Coalgaconder; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Converted to sailing ship
  • Owner: J. & G. Thomson
• 1877 Scrapped