S.S. Marathon, Cunard Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1860 at Glasgow by Robert Napier & Sons 1,784 gross 276ft x 36.6ft Cunard Line

Marathon, Cunard Line steamship
Marathon, Cunard Line steamship - at the harbor in East Boston.
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Chronological History

Year Event
1860 Launched for Cunard Mediterranean routes
1861 Jan. 8, first voyage Liverpool - New York
1865 October, first voyage Liverpool - Boston New York route
1873 Rebuilt, lengthened to 336.4ft, tonnage: 2,403 gross, 3 masts and compound engines by J. & G. Thomson, Glasgow
1878 Liverpool May 2 → America May 13. ?? Unknown harbor.
1878 Liverpool → Boston Aug. 26
1880 Liverpool Feb. 25 → Boston Mar. 10
1880 Liverpool May 5 → Boston May 16
1880 Liverpool June 9 → Boston June 20
1880 Liverpool June 9 → Boston June 20
1880 Liverpool July 14 → Boston July 25
1880 Liverpool Aug. 18 → Boston Aug. 21. Arrived in the morning.
1880 Liverpool → Boston Aug. 29. Arrived Boston in the morning.
1880 Liverpool Sept. 22 → Boston Oct. 3
1880 Liverpool Oct. 27 → Boston Nov. 7
1881 Liverpool → New York Mar. 24
1881 Liverpool Apr. 20 → Boston May 2
1881 Liverpool May 21 → New York June 2
1881 Liverpool June 29 → Boston July 11
1881 Liverpool Aug. 3 → Boston Aug. 15
1881 Liverpool Sept. 7 → Boston Sept. 18
1881 Liverpool → Boston Oct. 25
1881 Liverpool → Boston Dec. 7
1882 Liverpool Feb. 1 → Boston Feb. 15
1882 Chartered to Government - Egypt campaign
1882 Liverpool May 17 → Boston May 28
1882 Liverpool → Boston July 10
1883 Liverpool Boston route
1883 Liverpool July 11 → Boston July 22
1883 Liverpool Sept. 19 → Boston Sept. 29
1884 Liverpool Apr. 16 → Boston Apr. 26
1884 Liverpool → Boston July 13
1884 Liverpool Aug. 6 → Boston Aug. 17
1887 Liverpool Apr. 26 → Boston May 7
1898 Sold to Workman, Clark & Co, Belfast, scrapped at Genoa

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