S.S. Hecla, Cunard Line

Ship Data

Type	Built	Burden	Dimensions	Line / Owner
S.S.	1860 at Glasgow by Robert Napier & Sons	1,785 gross	276ft x 36.4ft	Cunard Line

S/S Hecla

S/S Hecla
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Chronological History

Year	Event
1860	Launched for Mediterranean service
1863	June 16, first voyage Liverpool - Queenstown - New York
1871	Rebuilt, new tonnage: 2,421 gross, lengthened to 338.7ft, 3 masts, compound engines by J. & G. Thomson, Glasgow
1872	Liverpool May 23 → New York June 4. Agent DHrr. Gunnestad & Co., Christiania.
1873	Liverpool → New York May 5
1880	Liverpool May 19 → Boston May 31
1880	Liverpool Oct. 20 → Boston Oct. 30
1881	Sold to Laird Bros (shipbuilders) in part payment for the Cephalonia
1882	Renamed "Claris"
1888	Renamed "Conde de Vilana", Spanish owners
1892	Renamed "Pedro Tercero", Argentine
1895	Renamed "Tiempo"
1897	Renamed "Rio Negro", Argentine Govt.
1924	Collided with the "Highland Loch", repaired
1954	Scrapped after almost 100 years in service

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