S.S. Erin, National Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1864 at Jarrow-on-Tyne by Palmer’s Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. 3,325 gross 370.4ft x 41.1ft National Line
Erin - National Line steamship
Erin - National Line steamship
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Erin - National Line steamship
Erin - National Line steamship
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Erin, National Line steamship
S/S Erin [old tradecard]
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Chronological History

Year Event
1864 June 18, launched
1864 Aug. 2, maiden voyage Liverpool - Queenstown - New York
1870 Liverpool → New York June 13. Agent Hr. O. Svenson, Christiania.
1870 Liverpool → New York July 13
1872 New tonnage: 3,956 gross
1873 Fitted with compound engines by J. Penn & Son, London
1876 Rebuilt: lengthened to 418.8ft, saloon cabins rebuilt amidships, accommodation: 72 1st-class, 1200 steerage. New tonnage: 4,577 gross
1878 Liverpool → New York June 23
1878 Liverpool July 24 → New York Aug. 5
1878 Liverpool → New York Sept. 15
1879 Liverpool → New York May 26
1880 Liverpool → New York Apr. 16
1880 Liverpool → New York June 22
1880 Liverpool → New York July 26
1880 Liverpool → New York Aug. 30
1880 Liverpool → New York Oct. 4
1880 Liverpool → New York Dec. 8
1881 Liverpool → New York Mar. 7
1881 Liverpool June 29 → New York July 11. Agent T. C. Kloed.
1881 Liverpool Aug. 10 → New York Aug. 22
1881 Liverpool Sept. 28 → New York Oct. 3. Agent T. C. Kloed, Christiania.
1882 Jan 10, arrived New York. Subm. by Jill Sumbler
1882 Liverpool → New York June 16
1882 Liverpool → New York July 24
1882 Liverpool → New York Aug. 29
1882 Liverpool Sept. 20 → New York Oct. 1
1882 Liverpool Oct. 25 → New York Nov. 6
1883 Liverpool Jan. 27 → New York Feb. 7
1889 Dec. 31, departed from New York, was never heard of again, 72 lives lost

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