S.S. Conemaugh, Red Star Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1882 at Sunderland by Bartram, Haswell & Co. 2,328 gross 300ft x 37.1ft Red Star Line
Conemaugh, Red Star Line steamship
Conemaugh, Red Star Line steamship
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Chronological History

Year Event
1882 Built as the Sacrobosco for Wilkie & Turnbull of South Shields
1890 Jan. 14: burned to the waterline by a grain elevator fire at Baltimore, 3 crewmen killed
1890 The wreck was bought and repaired by the owners of the Red Star Line, the International Mercantile Marine, was rebuilt and renamed Conemaugh
1891 Antwerp → New York Mar. 10
1891 Apr. 5: was cleared from San Francisco with 17,500 barrels and 190 bags of Louisiana sugar for export to eastern ports
1891 Antwerp → New York Aug. 27
1891 Antwerp → New York Oct. 12
1891 Antwerp → New York Nov. 26
1892 Antwerp → New York Jan. 7
1892 Antwerp → New York Feb. 23
1892 Antwerp → New York Apr. 15
1892 Apr. 20: departed New York for Philadelphia
1892 Apr. 23: departed Philadelphia for Riga with 6 million pounds of flour, 88,000 pounds of rice and other provisions for the famine in Russia
1897 January: went ashore off Terschelling while on way from Southampton to Antwerp,later went aground at Otterdorf bound fr Hamburg (Capt. Harriman)
1897 Oct. 19: departed Havre for New York via Dunkirk Oct. 22 (Capt. Broomhead)
1897 Nov. 9: arrived New York from Havre and Dunkirk (Capt. Broomhead)
1897 November: was reported to have been taken over by The State S.S. Co. for use as a transport between San Francisco - Seattle and St. Michael, Alaska
1898 May 10: arrived San Francisco 69 days from New York
1898 June: was almost lost in a hurricane on way from Seattle to St. Michael - her tow of one barge and one river steamer was lost
1898 Aug. 27: departed Seattle with 4 river steamers in sections and a large cargo of supplies for the U.S. Army at St.Michael
1899 Feb. 4: was chartered as a Government transport ship to carry freight to Manila
1899 Mar. 28: departed Honolulu with a large number of army mules for Manila (Capt. J. A. Broomhead)
1900 June 22: Capt. J. A. Broomhead transferred to the steamship Pennsylvania
1900 July 29: was reported to have arrived Kobe on way to Taku with mounts for the 6th. Cavalry
1900 Commanded by Capt. E. V. Roberts
1901 May: Capt. Charles Baring took command of the ship
1901 July: was used for San Fransisco - Seattle - Nome, St. Michael service as a transport in connection with the gold rush
1904 Jan. 26: departed Honolulu with 3.000 tons of sugar for Pennsylvania. She was under charted by Castle & Cooke (Capt. Baring)
1904 Feb. 28: departed Coronel after taking on coal on her way from Honolulu to Pennsylvania and was never heard of again - a crew of 40 was lost

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