S.S. British Queen, Anchor Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1880 at Belfast by Harland & Wolff 3,558 gross 410.3ft x 39ft Anchor Line

Chronological History

Year Event
1880 Nov. 4, launched for British Shipowners Co.
1881 Jan. 31, maiden voyage Liverpool - Philadelphia as charter for the American Line
1883 Chartered to Inman Line
1883 Chartered to Shaw, Savill & Albion Line
1885 Chartered from British Shipowners Co.
1885 Chartered to Anchor Line
1886 London → Halifax June 30
1886 London → Halifax Aug. 12
1886 London → Halifax Sept. 27
1886 London → Halifax Oct. 21
1886 London → Halifax Nov. 12. Boston.
1887 London Feb. 3 → Halifax Feb. 14. Londonderry - Portland.
1887 London → Halifax Apr. 7
1887 Chartered to Furness Line
1889 London Jan. 1 → Halifax Jan. 12. Estimated date of arrival.
1896 Fitted with triple expansion engines
1898 Sold, renamed McPherson
1905 Sold, renamed Brooklyn
1906 Sold, renamed S. V. Luckenbach
1915 Sold, renamed Onega
1918 Aug. 30, torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel by a German submarine

Other ships named "British Queen"

Ship Line / Owner
British Queen Cunard Line
British Queen Inman Line
British Queen American Line

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