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BurdenBuiltShipowner or operator Dimensions
230½ kl 1854 at Laksevåg, Bergen, Norway by Grans værft C. Gerh. Ameln, Bergen, Norway  
 YearRemarks
 1860 March 22 Hull, England from TaganrogAtlantic Journey ID 8341
 1861 Captain G. Gill  from Bergen May 6 to Quebec - Montreal July 11   
 1861 July 3 arrived in Quebec at the quarantine station Grosse Isle: 310 steerage passaengers, 17 crew. 10 sick and 4 deathsAtlantic Journey ID 8342
 1861 July 6 released and passenger landed in QuebecAtlantic Journey ID 8343
 1861 Aug. 2 leaving Montreal to Cork (Ireland)Atlantic Journey ID 8344
 1861 Sept. 3 Queenstown from MontrealAtlantic Journey ID 8345
 1861 Sept. 9 Queenstown for AntwerpAtlantic Journey ID 8346
 1861 Sept. 15 Vlissingen/Antwerp from MontrealAtlantic Journey ID 8347
 1861 Nov. 30 Aux Cayes from AntwerpAtlantic Journey ID 8348
 1862 July 10 Shields/Newcastle from BergenAtlantic Journey ID 8349
 1862 July 23 loading supplies in Shields/Newcastle for NeapelAtlantic Journey ID 8350
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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