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BurdenBuiltShipowner or operator Dimensions
2,574 gross 1868 at Glasgow by J. & G. Thomson & Co. Cunard Line 320.6ft x 39.5ft 
 Year Departure ArrivalRemarks
 1868  July 4, launchedAtlantic Journey ID 1753
 1868  Sept. 29; maiden voyage Liverpool - Queenstown - New YorkAtlantic Journey ID 1756
 1869  Liverpool - New York serviceAtlantic Journey ID 1757
 1870  Liverpool     New York  June 27 Transatlantc ID
 1870  Liverpool     New York  Sept. 26 Transatlantc ID
 1871  Liverpool  June 29  New York  July 11 Transatlantc ID
 1873  Liverpool - New York/Boston serviceAtlantic Journey ID 1758
 1873  Liverpool     New York  Apr. 26 Transatlantc ID
 1873  Liverpool     New York  July 07 Agent DHrr. Gunnestad & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1873  Liverpool     New York  Sept. 14 Agent DHrr. Gunnestad & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1874  Liverpool     New York  July 25 Transatlantc ID
 1874  Liverpool     New York  Oct. 07 Transatlantc ID
 1878  Re-engined with compound engines by J. Jack & Co, LiverpoolAtlantic Journey ID 1754
 1878  Liverpool     Boston  Aug. 20 Transatlantc ID
 1880  Liverpool  Feb. 11  Boston  Feb. 21 Transatlantc ID
 1880  Liverpool  Apr. 21  Boston  May 05 Transatlantc ID
 1880  Liverpool  May 26  Boston  June 06 Transatlantc ID
 1880  Liverpool  June 30  Boston  July 11 Transatlantc ID
 1880  Liverpool  Aug. 04  Boston  Aug. 15 Transatlantc ID
 1880  Liverpool  Sept. 08  Boston  Sept. 19 Arrived in the morningTransatlantc ID
 1880  Liverpool  Oct. 13  Boston  Oct. 23 Transatlantc ID
 1881  Liverpool  May 14  New York  May 26 Transatlantc ID
 1881  Liverpool  June 22  Boston  July 04 Transatlantc ID
 1881  Liverpool  Aug. 17  Boston  Aug. 28 Transatlantc ID
 1881  Liverpool  Sept. 21  Boston  Oct. 02 Transatlantc ID
 1881  Liverpool  Oct. 26  Boston  Nov. 07 Transatlantc ID
 1881  Liverpool     Boston  Dec. 14 Transatlantc ID
 1882  Liverpool  May 24  Boston  June 05 Transatlantc ID
 1882  Liverpool     Boston  Aug. 20 Transatlantc ID
 1883  Liverpool  May 16  Boston  May 27 Transatlantc ID
 1883  Liverpool  July 25  Boston  Aug. 05 Transatlantc ID
 1883  Liverpool  Oct. 03  Boston  Oct. 14 Transatlantc ID
 1884  Liverpool     Boston  May 12 Transatlantc ID
 1884  Liverpool     Boston  June 29 Transatlantc ID
 1884  Liverpool  July 23  Boston  Aug. 04 Transatlantc ID
 1884  Liverpool  Aug. 27  Boston  Sept. 08 Transatlantc ID
 1885  Liverpool  Apr. 29  Boston  May 10 Transatlantc ID
 1885  Liverpool  June 03  Boston  June 14 Transatlantc ID
 1885  Liverpool  Sept. 16  Boston  Sept. 27 Transatlantc ID
 1886  Liverpool  Oct. 26  Boston  Nov. 08 Transatlantc ID
 1888  Liverpool     Boston  Oct. 01 Transatlantc ID
 1889  Liverpool  Aug. 01  Boston  Aug. 12 Transatlantc ID
 1889  Liverpool  Sept. 05  Boston  Sept. 15 Transatlantc ID
 1890  Liverpool - Boston serviceAtlantic Journey ID 1759
 1890  Liverpool     Boston  Aug. 18 Transatlantc ID
 1890  Liverpool     Boston  Oct. 27 Transatlantc ID
 1892  Liverpool     Boston  May 09 Transatlantc ID
 1892  Liverpool  Aug. 11  Boston  Aug. 21 Transatlantc ID
 1902  Scrapped at GenoaAtlantic Journey ID 1755
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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