Paris, American Line

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Burden	Built	Shipowner or operator	Dimensions
10,499 gross	1888 at Glasgow by J. & G. Thomson & Co.	American Line	527.6ft x 63.2ft

Year	Departure		Arrival		Remarks
1888					Oct. 23, launched as the City of Paris of the Inman Line
1889					Apr. 3, maiden voyage Liverpool - Queenstown - New York
1893					Taken over by American Line, renamed Paris
1893	Southampton		New York	Apr. 01	Inman Line steamship City of Paris
1893	Southampton		New York	Apr. 28	Inman Line steamship City of Paris, arrived in New York at 04:00 morning
1893	Southampton		New York	May 26	Inman Line steamship City of Paris
1893	Southampton	June 17	New York	June 23	Ship City of Paris
1893	Southampton		New York	July 21	Record breaking journey - Inman Line steamship City of Paris
1893	Southampton		New York	Aug. 11	Inman Line steamship City of New York
1893	Southampton		New York	Sept. 02	Inman Line steamship City of Rome
1893	Southampton		New York	Sept. 23	Inman Line steamship City of Paris
1893	Southampton		New York	Oct. 14	Inman Line steamship City of Paris
1893	Southampton		New York	Nov. 04	Inman Line steamship City of Paris
1893	Southampton		New York	Nov. 24	Inman Line steamship City of Paris
1894	Southampton		New York	Jan. 27
1894					Feb. 16: found at anchor off Roches Point, with her rudder disabled. She was towed into port by tugs which went to her relief in response to signals of distress which she showed off Daunts Rock
1894	Southampton		New York	Apr. 21	Former steamship City of Paris, arrived at 07:00 morning
1894	Southampton		New York	May 12	Former steamship City of Paris
1894	Southampton		New York	June 23
1894	Southampton		New York	Aug. 10	Former steamship City of Paris
1894	Southampton		New York	Sept. 01	Steamship City of Paris
1894	Southampton		New York	Sept. 21
1894	Southampton	Oct. 06	New York	Oct. 12	980 Passengers
1894	Southampton	Oct. 27	New York	Nov. 03	870 Passengers
1894	Southampton	Nov. 17	New York	Nov. 24	580 Passengers
1895	Southampton	Jan. 05	New York	Jan. 12	450 Passengers
1895	Southampton		New York	Feb. 23
1895	Southampton		New York	Mar. 23
1895	Southampton	Apr. 06	New York	Apr. 13	955 Passengers and mail
1895					Dep. New York eastbound with 680 passengers, 663 mailbags and $ 350.000 in silver
1895	Southampton		New York	May 04
1895	Southampton		New York	May 25
1895	Southampton		New York	June 15
1895	Southampton		New York	July 05	Also reported arrive 1895-07-06
1895	Southampton	July 20	New York	July 26	Also reported arrive 1895-07-27
1895	Southampton		New York	Aug. 24	Also reported arrive 1895-08-25
1895	Southampton		New York	Sept. 14
1895	Southampton		New York	Oct. 06
1896	Southampton		New York	Feb. 01
1896	Southampton		New York	Feb. 21
1896	Southampton		New York	Apr. 17
1896	Southampton		New York	May 08
1896	Southampton		New York	May 24
1896	Southampton		New York	May 30
1896	Southampton	July 25	New York	Aug. 01	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 05:00 morning
1896	Southampton	Aug. 15	New York	Aug. 21	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 02:00 early morning
1896	Southampton	Sept. 05	New York	Sept. 11	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 11:00 late morning
1896	Southampton	Sept. 26	New York	Oct. 02	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 16:00 afternoon
1896					Broke her starboard tube shaft when 320 miles east of Sandy Hook on way from New York to Southampton
1897	Southampton		New York	Mar. 13
1897	Southampton	Mar. 27	New York	Apr. 03	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 04:00 morning
1897	Southampton		New York	May 15	Arrived in New York at 18:00 evening
1897	Southampton		New York	June 05	Arrived in New York at 07:00 morning
1897	Southampton	June 19	New York	June 25	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 05:00 morning
1897	Southampton	July 17	New York	July 23	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 22:00 evening
1897	Southampton	Aug. 07	New York	Aug. 13
1897	Southampton	Aug. 28	New York	Sept. 04	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 02:00 morning
1897	Southampton	Sept. 18	New York	Sept. 25	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 02:00 morning
1897	Southampton	Oct. 09	New York	Oct. 15
1897	Southampton	Oct. 30	New York	Nov. 05	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 12:00 noon
1898					Mar. 2: departed New York, arrived Southampton Mar. 13, several days delayed due to the breaking of her starboard shaft, rendering the starboard propeller useless
1898	Southampton		New York	Feb. 05
1898	Southampton		New York	Feb. 26	Arrived in New York at 04:00 morning
1898	Southampton		New York	Apr. 09
1898	Southampton	Apr. 22	New York	Apr. 30	Arrived in New York at 03:00 morning
1898					May, became the US Armed Cruiser Yale
1898					October, returned to American Line
1898	Southampton		New York	Nov. 19
1898	Southampton	Dec. 03	New York	Dec. 10	Arrived in New York at 12:00 noon
1899	Southampton	Dec. 24	New York	Jan. 01	Arrived at 06:00 morning
1899	Southampton		New York	Jan. 21
1899					May 21, grounded on Manacles
1899					Refloated and rebuilt, fitted with quadruple expansion engines, funnels reduced from 3 to 2, new tonnage 10,786 gross, renamed Philadelphia
1922					Sold to New York - Naples SS Co.
1923					Scrapped at Genoa
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

S/S Paris of the American Line
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S/S City of Paris (2), 1891

Paris, American Line steamship grounded on the Manacles 1899
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Paris, American Line steamship - at Milford Haven
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S/S City of Paris (2) after she was rebuilt and renamed Philadelphia
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