S.S. Carthaginian, Allan Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1884 at Glasgow by Govan Shipbuilding Co. 4,444 gross 386.4ft x 45.2ft Allan Line , Liverpool, England
The Allan liner Carthaginian at Glasgow docks
The S/S Carthaginian
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Carthaginian, Allan Line steamship
The S/S Carthaginian, from an old postcard

Chronological History

Year Event
1884 Oct. 9, launched
1884 Dec. 6, maiden voyage Glasgow - Boston
1885 Glasgow - Quebec - Montreal. Liverpool - Halifax/St. John's/Baltimore
1885 Glasgow Apr. 23 → Quebec May 13
1885 Glasgow June 6 → Quebec June 18
1885 Glasgow July 17 → Quebec July 27
1885 Glasgow Aug. 25 → Quebec Sept. 7. Montreal.
1885 Glasgow Oct. 3 → Quebec Oct. 13. Montreal.
1885 Liverpool Nov. 23 → Halifax Dec. 10. St. Johns - Baltimore.
1886 Liverpool Jan. 2 → Halifax Jan. 14. St. Johns. Estimated date of arrival port of Halifax.
1886 Glasgow Feb. 3 → Halifax Feb. 15
1886 Liverpool - Baltimore. Glasgow/Liverpool - Queenstown - Quebec/Halifax
1886 Glasgow Apr. 29 → Quebec May 12
1886 Liverpool June 8 → Halifax June 19. Queenstown - St. Johns.
1886 Liverpool July 20 → Quebec Aug. 5. Queenstown - St. Johns - Halifax.
1886 Liverpool Aug. 31 → Halifax Sept. 11. Queenstown.
1886 Liverpool Oct. 12 → Quebec Oct. 28. Queenstown 1886-10-13 - St. Johns - Halifax 1886-10-25.
1886 Liverpool Nov. 23 → Halifax Dec. 6. St. Johns - Baltimore.
1887 Liverpool → Baltimore Mar. 31
1887 Glasgow/Liverpool - Quebec/Halifax/St. John's
1887 Glasgow Apr. 28 → Quebec May 9. Liverpool 1887-04-29 - Montreal.
1887 Glasgow June 4 → Quebec June 16
1887 Glasgow Sept. 16 → Quebec Sept. 25
1888 Glasgow → Halifax Apr. 8. Londonderry.
1888 Liverpool/Glasgow - Londonderry - Quebec/Montreal/Halifax
1888 Glasgow May 10 → Quebec May 21. Montreal.
1888 Liverpool June 29 → Quebec July 8. Londonderry - Montreal.
1888 Glasgow Aug. 3 → Quebec Aug. 13. Montreal.
1888 Glasgow Sept. 7 → Quebec Sept. 15. Montreal.
1889 Glasgow → Halifax Mar. 2
1889 Glasgow Mar. 29 → Halifax Apr. 12. Liverpool 1889-03-30 - Boston.
1889 Glasgow/Liverpool - Londonderry - Quebec/Montreal/Halifax
1889 Liverpool May 9 → Quebec May 19. Londonderry. Also reported to arrive Quebec 1889-05-17.
1889 Liverpool May 9 → Quebec May 19. Londonderry. Also reported to arrive Quebec 1889-05-17.
1889 Liverpool June 14 → Quebec June 25. Londonderry.
1889 Liverpool July 18 → Quebec July 27. Londonderry.
1889 Liverpool Aug. 22 → Quebec Sept. 1. Londonderry - Montreal.
1889 Liverpool Sept. 26 → Quebec Oct. 5. Montreal. Also reported to arrive Quebec 1889-10-07.
1889 Liverpool Oct. 31 → Quebec Nov. 9. Also reported to arrive Quebec 1889-11-11.
1890 Glasgow/Liverpool - Queenstown - Halifax/St. John's/Baltimore
1890 Liverpool Apr. 29 → Halifax May 13. St. Johns - Baltimore.
1890 Liverpool June 10 → Halifax June 21. St. Johns - Baltimore.
1890 Liverpool July 22 → Halifax Aug. 1. St. Johns - Baltimore.
1890 Liverpool Oct. 14 → Halifax Oct. 26. Queenstown (Cobh) - St Johns - Baltimore.
1891 Liverpool Jan. 6 → Halifax Jan. 17. St. Johns - Baltimore.
1891 Liverpool Mar. 12 → Halifax Mar. 25. Londonderry - Portland.
1891 Liverpool - Halifax/St. John's/Baltimore. Liverpool - Londonderry - Halifax/Portland
1891 Liverpool Apr. 28 → Halifax May 10. St. Johns - Baltimore.
1891 Liverpool June 9 → Halifax June 20. St. Johns - Baltimore.
1891 Liverpool July 21 → Halifax Aug. 1. St. Johns - Baltimore.
1891 Liverpool Sept. 1 → Halifax Sept. 14. St. Johns - Baltimore.
1891 Liverpool Oct. 13 → Halifax Oct. 28. St. Johns - Baltimore.
1891 → Halifax Dec. 16. Allan & State Line.
1892 Liverpool Mar. 17 → Portland Mar. 27. Allan & State Line. Also reported to arrive <B>Halifax</B> 1892-03-27 - Baltimore.
1892 Liverpool Mar. 17 → Portland Mar. 27. Allan & State Line. Also reported to arrive <B>Halifax</B> 1892-03-27 - Baltimore.
1892 Liverpool - Queenstown - Halifax/St. John's/Baltimore
1892 Liverpool May 10 → Halifax May 21. Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore.
1892 Liverpool June 21 → Halifax July 2. Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore.
1892 Liverpool Aug. 2 → Halifax Aug. 13. Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore.
1892 Liverpool Sept. 13 → Halifax Sept. 25. Queenstown - St. Johns.
1892 Liverpool Oct. 25 → Halifax Nov. 8. Queenstown - St. Johns.
1892 Liverpool Dec. 6 → Halifax Dec. 16. Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore.
1893 Liverpool Jan. 26 → Halifax Feb. 5. Londonderry - Portland. Also reported to arrive Halifax 1893-02-07.
1893 Liverpool - Londonderry - Halifax/Portland/Philadelphia. Glasgow - Quebec
1893 Liverpool → Halifax July 14. St. Johns.
1893 Liverpool Aug. 15 → Halifax Aug. 26. St. Johns - Philadelphia.
1893 Liverpool Sept. 27 → Halifax Oct. 9. St. Johns - Philadelphia.
1893 Liverpool Nov. 7 → Halifax Nov. 18. St. Johns - Philadelphia.
1894 Liverpool Dec. 19 → Halifax Jan. 1. St. Johns - Philadelphia.
1894 → Halifax Mar. 29
1894 Glasgow/Liverpool - St. John's/Halifax/Quebec
1895 Glasgow/Liverpool - St. John's/Halifax/Quebec
1896 → Apr. 27. Arrived at <B>St. John</B> Reported as the <B>State Line</B>.
1896 Glasgow - New York. Liverpool - St. John's - Halifax
1896 → Halifax June 10
1897 Glasgow - New York. Liverpool - St. John's/Quebec/Montreal
1897 → Quebec June 20
1897 → Quebec July 25
1897 → Quebec Aug. 28
1897 → Quebec Nov. 8
1898 Glasgow/Liverpool - Quebec/Montreal/Halifax/Portland. Glasgow - Philadelphia/Boston
1898 → Quebec May 16
1898 → Quebec June 27
1899 Glasgow/Liverpool - St. John's - Halifax/Philadelphia/Boston
1901 Fitted with new boilers
1902 → New York Feb. 28
1902 Glasgow - New York
1905 Glasgow - Boston/New York
1908 Glasgow - Boston
1913 Caught fire at sea near Halifax
1914 Glasgow - Liverpool - Philadelphia
1915 Glasgow - Boston. Taken over by Canadian Pacific Line
1917 Mined and sunk off Inishtrahull, Ireland - no lives lost

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