S.S. Acadia, Cunard Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1840 at Port Glasgow by John Wood & Co. 1,154 gross 207ft x 34.2ft 22.4ft Cunard Line
Acadia, Cunard Line steamship
Picture of the S/S Acadia after she was renamed "Germania"

Chronological History

Year Event
1840 Launched in April
1840 Aug. 4, maiden voyage Liverpool-Halifax-Boston
1849 Mar. 12, stranded on Terschelling Island
1849 Sold and renamed "Erzherzog Johan"
1852 Renamed "Germania" for W. A. Fritze & Co & Karl Lehmkuhl
1855 Chartered for Crimean War transport
1858 Scrapped at London

Other ships named "Acadia"

Ship Line / Owner
Acadia Anchor Line

Pictures

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