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Ship Data

Type	Built	Burden	Dimensions	Line / Owner
S.S.	1881 at Glasgow by John Elder & Co.	6,932 gross	500ft x 50ft	Guion Line

Guion Line advertising card - S.S. Alaska
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Alaska - fastest steamer afloat
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Alaska at the Guion Line dock
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Alaska, Guion Line steamship
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Picture of the S/S Alaska
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Chronological History

Year	Event
1881	July 15, launched
1881	Oct. 30, maiden voyage Liverpool - Queenstown - New York
1882	Liverpool Mar. 4 → New York Mar. 15. From Christiania 1882-02-25.
1882	Liverpool Apr. 8 → New York Apr. 16
1882	June, made a record passage New York -Queenstown, 6 days and 11 hours as the first liner to make the distance under 7 days
1882	Liverpool June 17 → New York June 25. Arrived in New York at 10:00 late morning.
1882	Liverpool July 22 → New York July 30
1882	Liverpool Aug. 26 → New York Sept. 3
1883	Liverpool → New York May 5
1883	Liverpool June 2 → New York June 10
1883	Liverpool Aug. 12 → New York Aug. 20
1883	Liverpool Sept. 15 → New York Sept. 22
1883	Liverpool Oct. 20 → New York Oct. 28
1883	Liverpool Nov. 24 → New York Dec. 3
1884	Liverpool Mar. 29 → New York Apr. 7
1884	Liverpool May 24 → New York June 2
1884	Liverpool July 19 → New York July 27
1884	Liverpool Aug. 16 → New York Aug. 24
1886	Liverpool May 1 → New York May 9. Arrived at 09:00 morning.
1887	Liverpool May 28 → New York June 5. Arrived Sunday at 06:00 morning.
1887	Liverpool Aug. 6 → New York Aug. 14. Arrived at 05:00 morning.
1888	Liverpool → New York Apr. 15
1888	Liverpool May 12 → New York May 19. Also reported arrive 1888-05-20.
1888	Liverpool May 12 → New York May 19. Also reported arrive 1888-05-20.
1888	Liverpool → New York June 23
1888	Liverpool July 21 → New York July 28
1888	Liverpool → New York Oct. 7
1889	Liverpool → New York Mar. 31
1889	Liverpool → New York May 5
1889	Liverpool → New York July 15
1889	Liverpool → New York Sept. 22
1890	Liverpool → New York Oct. 12
1891	Liverpool → New York June 21
1891	Liverpool → New York July 19
1892	Liverpool → New York Apr. 24
1893	Liverpool → New York Sept. 24
1893	Liverpool → New York Oct. 22
1894	Laid up in Gareloch
1897	Renamed Magallanes for Cia Trasatlantica (chartered)
1898	Laid up in River Clyde
1899	Sold, became accommodation ship at Barrow
1902	Scrapped at Preston