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| 1873 | | March 29, launched | | 1873 | | May 10, maiden voyage Liverpool - Philadelphia as charter for the Red Star Line | | 1874 | | March 11, first voyage Liverpool - Philadelphia for American Line | | 1874 | | Aug 17: reported off Brow Head on way from Philadelphia | | 1874 | | Nov. 24: on way from Antwerp to New York collided with the P & O steamer Indus, went to Dover, then to London for repairs, small pox broke out on the ship, 8 passengers to hospital the other passengers had been sent to Liverpool | | 1874 | | Nov. 28: departed Liverpool (Capt. Hains), called at Queenstown Nov. 29, arrived at New York Dec. 9 | | 1875 | | Jan 7: Machinery diabeled when bound east, taken in tow by the S/S Pensylvania, and broght to Queenstown, small collision in connection with the towing | | 1875 | | Jan. 20: The S/S Manhattan of the Guion Line departed Liverpool as a replacement for the Abbotsford (for one voyage) | | 1875 | | Feb. 24: Departed Liverpool bound for Philadelphia | | 1875 | | Apr. 6: Clerared at New York from Liverpool via Philadelphia (Capt. Delamotte) | | 1875 | Liverpool | | Philadelphia | May 17 | | | 1875 | Liverpool | | Philadelphia | June 28 | | | 1875 | | July 21, On way from Queenstown to Liverpool struck the shore in Cummons Bay, Anglesey off Wales, the passengers were landed within 30 minutes and lodged at Amlwch. | | 1875 | | July 23: A rock had penetrated the bottom and the ship was leaking forward. Eventually the ship sank. The S/S City of Limerick was set in as a replacement | | The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges |
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The Abbotsford was a brig-rigged iron vessel of 2.611 tons register, with a carrying capacity of 2,330 tons of cargo, and accommodation for thirty saloon and 650 steerage passengers.
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