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1870 | | Launched for the Cunard Line on March 3![Atlantic Journey ID 1971](\images\Blank.gif) | 1870 | | Maiden voyage May 24, Liverpool-Queenstown-New York![Atlantic Journey ID 1972](\images\Blank.gif) | 1871 | | Outmoded by White Star's Oceanic class![Atlantic Journey ID 1973](\images\Blank.gif) | 1880 | | 18 Sept. last Cunard voyage Liverpool-Queenstown-New York![Atlantic Journey ID 1974](\images\Blank.gif) | 1880 | | Returned to the builders![Atlantic Journey ID 1975](\images\Blank.gif) | 1880 | | Purchased by the Guion Line![Atlantic Journey ID 1976](\images\Blank.gif) | 1881 | Liverpool | | New York | May 27 | ![Transatlantc ID](\images\Blank.gif) | 1882 | | Fitted with compound engines![Atlantic Journey ID 1977](\images\Blank.gif) | 1882 | Liverpool | Feb. 04 | New York | Feb. 16 | ![Transatlantc ID](\images\Blank.gif) | 1882 | Liverpool | Mar. 25 | New York | Apr. 05 | ![Transatlantc ID](\images\Blank.gif) | 1882 | Liverpool | June 03 | New York | June 16 | ![Transatlantc ID](\images\Blank.gif) | 1883 | Liverpool | | New York | Apr. 25 | ![Transatlantc ID](\images\Blank.gif) | 1883 | Liverpool | May 19 | New York | May 30 | ![Transatlantc ID](\images\Blank.gif) | 1885 | Liverpool | July 18 | New York | July 28 | ![Transatlantc ID](\images\Blank.gif) | 1887 | | Operated by CPR on Vancouver-Hong Kong-Japan route![Atlantic Journey ID 1978](\images\Blank.gif) | 1891 | | Last CPR voyage Vancouver-Hong Kong-Japan route![Atlantic Journey ID 1979](\images\Blank.gif) | 1891 | | 28 Nov. resumed Liverpool-Queenstown-New York service, arrived NY Dec. 11![Atlantic Journey ID 1980](\images\Blank.gif) | 1891 | | Dec. 13: departed New York for Liverpool, Capt. Murray![Atlantic Journey ID 10836](\images\Blank.gif) | 1891 | | Dec. 18: destroyed by fire in lat. 47 N., long. 44 W., passengers and crew rescued by the NDL steamer Spree![Atlantic Journey ID 1981](\images\Blank.gif) | 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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Details: straight stem, 1 funnel, 3 masts (rigged for sail); iron construction, single screw propulsion, service speed 13 knots; accommodation for 120 passengers in 1st class, and 1068 passengers in the steerage. She could be transferred to a troopship taking 2 battalions of soldiers. There was a male and female hospital on the ship, distilling apparatus which could produce 2000 gallons of fresh water daily, and holds for 80000 cubic feet of cargo and 1200 tons of coal. The Abyssinia was the sister ship of the Algeria, they were the first Cunarders fitted with bathrooms. The bathrooms were situated so that there was one at the port side and one at the starboard side, for obvious reasons the bathhroom at the leevard side would be preferable when the wind was strong.
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