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BurdenBuiltShipowner or operator Dimensions
7,374 gross 1883 at Glasgow by John Elder & Co. Guion Line 501ft x 54.2ft 
 Year Departure ArrivalRemarks
 1883  June 23, launched as the Oregon for the Guion LineAtlantic Journey ID 1982
 1883  Liverpool  Oct. 06  New York  Oct. 14 Guion Line steamship Oregon 1st journeyTransatlantc ID
 1884  Liverpool  May 10  New York  May 17 Transatlantc ID
 1884  June 7; first voyage as the Oregon for Cunard Line, Liverpool-New YorkAtlantic Journey ID 1985
 1885  Liverpool - New York (armed cruiser Russian scare)Atlantic Journey ID 1986
 1885  Liverpool - New YorkAtlantic Journey ID 1987
 1886  March 14: Collided with an unknown wooden schooner while approaching New York and sankAtlantic Journey ID 1988
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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