S.S. Anglo-Saxon, Allan Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1856 at Dumbarton by William Denny & Co. 1,715 gross 283ft x 35.2ft Allan Line , Liverpool, England

Departed Liverpool on April 16 for Portland under Captain Burgess. She was carrying 360 passengers and a crew of 84. On April 27, she was wrecked in fog near Cape Race, with the loss of 238 lives.

Chronological History

Year Event
1856 Apr. 8, launched
1856 June 4, Maiden voyage Liverpool-Londonderry-Quebec-Montreal.
1859 Record crossing; 9 days 5 hours Liverpool-Canadian landfall
1863 Apr. 27, wrecked in fog near Cape Race on way from Liverpool with the loss of 238 lives

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