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BurdenBuiltShipowner or operator Dimensions
3,692 gross 1878 at Barrow by Barrow Shipbuilding Co. Red Star Line 402.9ft x 40.2ft 
 Year Departure ArrivalRemarks
 1878  December 24, launched for Red Star LineAtlantic Journey ID 6841
 1888  Antwerp     New York  June 13 Transatlantc ID
 1888  Antwerp     New York  July 19 Transatlantc ID
 1888  Antwerp     New York  Aug. 23 Transatlantc ID
 1888  Antwerp     New York  Sept. 26 Transatlantc ID
 1889  Antwerp     New York  Jan. 31 Transatlantc ID
 1889  Antwerp     New York  June 05 Transatlantc ID
 1889  Antwerp     New York  July 11 Transatlantc ID
 1889  Antwerp     New York  Nov. 30 Transatlantc ID
 1890  Antwerp     New York  Feb. 13 Transatlantc ID
 1890  Antwerp     Philadelphia  May 28 Transatlantc ID
 1890  Antwerp     New York  July 09 Also reported to arrive in Philadelphia same dayTransatlantc ID
 1890  Antwerp     New York  Aug. 17 Transatlantc ID
 1890  Antwerp     Philadelphia  Sept. 30 Transatlantc ID
 1890  Antwerp     Philadelphia  Nov. 12 Transatlantc ID
 1890  Antwerp     New York  Dec. 18 Transatlantc ID
 1891  Antwerp     Philadelphia  Mar. 04 Transatlantc ID
 1891  Antwerp     Philadelphia  Apr. 13 Transatlantc ID
 1891  Antwerp     Philadelphia  July 05 Transatlantc ID
 1891  Antwerp     Philadelphia  Aug. 17 Transatlantc ID
 1891  Antwerp     Philadelphia  Nov. 08 Transatlantc ID
 1891  Antwerp     Philadelphia  Dec. 21 Transatlantc ID
 1892  Antwerp     New York  Feb. 14 Transatlantc ID
 1892  Antwerp     Philadelphia  Mar. 28 Transatlantc ID
 1892  Antwerp     New York  July 31 Transatlantc ID
 1892  Antwerp     New York  Sept. 12 Transatlantc ID
 1895  July 31, first voyage Philadelphia - Liverpool as charter for American LineAtlantic Journey ID 6842
 1903  November, returned to Red Star LineAtlantic Journey ID 6843
 1905  Sold to Italian subjects, renamed VenereAtlantic Journey ID 6844
 1906  ScrappedAtlantic Journey ID 6845
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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