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BurdenBuiltShipowner or operator Dimensions
1,156 gross 1840 at Greenock by Robert Duncan & Co. Cunard Line 207ft x 34.2ft 22.4ft 
 YearRemarks
 1840 Feb. 5, launched as the first steamer of the Cunard LineAtlantic Journey ID 1316
 1840 July 4, maiden voyage Liverpool - Halifax - BostonAtlantic Journey ID 1319
 1844 Fastened in the ice at Boston, escapedAtlantic Journey ID 1317
 1847 Sept. 14, stranded at Cape Race, went to New York for repairsAtlantic Journey ID 1318
 1849 Sold to North German Federation Navy renamed "Barbarossa"Atlantic Journey ID 1320
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Britannia, Cunard Line steamship
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Britannia, Cunard Line steamship built 1840 deck plan
Britannia, Cunard Line steamship built 1840 deck plan
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Cunard Line steamships Britannia - leaving Boston harbor
Cunard Line steamships Britannia - leaving Boston harbor
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