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3,300 gross 1879 at Glasgow by J. & G. Thomson & Co. Beaver Line 355.2ft x 40.2ft 
 Year Departure ArrivalRemarks
 1879  May 26, launchedAtlantic Journey ID 5453
 1879  Aug. 9, maiden voyage Liverpool - Quebec - MontrealAtlantic Journey ID 5454
 1879  Liverpool  Aug. 09  Quebec  Aug. 19 Transatlantc ID
 1879  Liverpool  Sept. 19  Quebec  Oct. 01 Transatlantc ID
 1879  Liverpool  Oct. 30  Quebec  Nov. 13 Estimated date of arrivalTransatlantc ID
 1880  Liverpool  Apr. 16  Quebec  May 03 Transatlantc ID
 1880  Liverpool  May 27  Quebec  June 08 Transatlantc ID
 1880  Liverpool  Aug. 18  Quebec  Aug. 29 MontrealTransatlantc ID
 1880  Liverpool  Sept. 28  Quebec  Oct. 08 MontrealTransatlantc ID
 1881  Liverpool  Apr. 23  Quebec  May 07 MontrealTransatlantc ID
 1881  Liverpool  June 02  Quebec  June 15 MontrealTransatlantc ID
 1881  Liverpool  Aug. 20  Quebec  Aug. 29 MontrealTransatlantc ID
 1881  Liverpool  Sept. 26  Quebec  Oct. 08 MontrealTransatlantc ID
 1881  Nov. 17, first voyage on winter service Liverpool - New YorkAtlantic Journey ID 5456
 1882  Liverpool  May 18  Quebec  May 28 Galway - Queenstown - MontrealTransatlantc ID
 1882  Liverpool  June 29  Quebec  July 10 QueenstownTransatlantc ID
 1882  Liverpool  Aug. 10  Quebec  Aug. 21 QueenstownTransatlantc ID
 1882  Liverpool  Sept. 28  Quebec  Oct. 09 Transatlantc ID
 1883  Liverpool  May 10  Quebec  May 22 QueenstownTransatlantc ID
 1883  Liverpool  June 21  Quebec  July 03 Queenstown - Galway, IrelandTransatlantc ID
 1883  Liverpool  Aug. 02  Quebec  Aug. 12 Transatlantc ID
 1883  Liverpool  Sept. 13  Quebec  Sept. 22 Transatlantc ID
 1883  Liverpool  Oct. 25  Quebec  Nov. 06 Transatlantc ID
 1884  Liverpool  May 08  Quebec  May 20 QueenstownTransatlantc ID
 1884  Liverpool  June 19  Quebec  June 29 Transatlantc ID
 1884  Liverpool  July 31  Quebec  Aug. 12 Transatlantc ID
 1884  Liverpool  Sept. 18  Quebec  Sept. 30 Transatlantc ID
 1884  Liverpool  Oct. 30  Quebec  Nov. 10 Transatlantc ID
 1884  Liverpool     New York  Nov. 16 Transatlantc ID
 1887  Jan. 2, fist voyage Liverpool - Boston - New YorkAtlantic Journey ID 5457
 1887  Liverpool  Aug. 06  Quebec  Aug. 17 Queenstown - MontrealTransatlantc ID
 1887  Liverpool     Quebec  Oct. 22 Transatlantc ID
 1888  Liverpool     Montreal  May 12 Transatlantc ID
 1889  Liverpool     Montreal  May 07 Transatlantc ID
 1889  Liverpool  May 31  Quebec  June 12 Transatlantc ID
 1889  Liverpool     Montreal  Sept. 22 Transatlantc ID
 1890  Liverpool     Montreal  May 08 Transatlantc ID
 1890  Liverpool     Montreal  June 10 Transatlantc ID
 1890  Liverpool     Montreal  Aug. 17 Also reported arrive 1890-08-16Transatlantc ID
 1890  Liverpool     Montreal  Sept. 23 Transatlantc ID
 1891  Fitted with triple expansion engines by D. Rollo & Sons, LiverpoolAtlantic Journey ID 5455
 1892  Liverpool     Montreal  May 09 Transatlantc ID
 1892  Liverpool     Montreal  June 13 Transatlantc ID
 1892  Liverpool     Montreal  Aug. 22 Transatlantc ID
 1893  Liverpool  Apr. 22  Montreal  May 01 Arrived in the morning. Also reported to arrive Quebec 1893-05-02Transatlantc ID
 1893  Liverpool     Quebec  July 10 Transatlantc ID
 1893  Liverpool     Quebec  Sept. 18 Transatlantc ID
 1893  Liverpool     Halifax  Dec. 15 Transatlantc ID
 1894  Liverpool     Montreal  June 25 Transatlantc ID
 1898  Liverpool     Halifax  Mar. 30 Transatlantc ID
 1898  Sold to Turkish owners and renamed GarbAtlantic Journey ID 5458
 1912  Torpedoed and sunk by Italian warshipAtlantic Journey ID 5459
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
Lake Winnipeg - Beaver Line steamship
Lake Winnipeg - Beaver Line steamship
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