Original length: 240 feet, rebuilt in 1875 to 1 456 tons gross, 1 127 under deck and 947 net. Her new dimensions were - lenght 258 feet x beam 34.3 feet, holds 18.2 feet deep, her poop was 145 feet long and forecastle 33 feet long. She was rigged as an iron single screw steam Schooner, had 1 deck, 2 tiers of beams and 5 cemented bulkheads. She was re-fitted with a compound engine with 2 inverted cylinders of 33 & 60 in. and diameter respectively; stroke 36 inches; 150 horsepower; new boilers in 1879. The engine was built by C. D. Holmes & Co. in Hull.
Chronological History
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1870
Launched as the "Marsdin" for Brownlow, Lumsden & Co
1875
Fitted with new engines, lengthened to 258ft and rebuilt to 1,424 gross tons
1878
Bought by the Wilson Line from Brownlow Marsdin & Co.
April 8, Capt. Johnson from Christiania with 391 emigrants to America via Hull. Loaded 322.000-kilo wood pulp, paper, metal, clothes and 12.370-kilo fresh herring for England.
S/S Angelo, spring 1884
The steamship Angelo run aground the small island of Bastø in the Oslo Fjord on her return journey from Hull to Christiania. She was successfully towed off on March 19. The steamship Orlando and Marsdin replaced her route while she was in dock for repairs.
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