S.S. Tainui, Shaw Savill & Albion Line

Ship Data

Type	Built	Burden	Dimensions	Line / Owner
S.S.	1884 at Dumbarton by William Denny & Co.	5,086 gross	439.6ft x 46.4ft x 28.9ft	Shaw Savill & Albion Line

S/S Tainui

Photo showing the S/S Tainui in Allan Line service

Chronological History

Year	Event
1884	Sept. 8, launched as the Tainui for the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line
1897	Chartered by the Cia Trasatlantica, operated as the Covadonga
1899	Chartered by Allan Line for service Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal, operated as the Tainui
1899	→ Quebec June 20. Chartered by American Line .
1899	→ Quebec July 22. Chartered by Allan Line .
1899	→ Quebec Aug. 18. Chartered by Allan Line .
1899	→ Quebec Sept. 15. Chartered by American Line .
1899	→ Quebec Oct. 14. Chartered by American Line .
1899	Nov. 22, bought by Anchor Line, masts reduced from 4 to 2, renamed Astoria
1908	February, laid up
1910	July 14, sold to German subject, scrapped

Other ships named "Tainui"

Ship	Line / Owner
Tainui	Allan Line

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