Oregon (1883)

Builder:
John Elder & Company
Govan, Scotland
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
Year Built:
1883
Launched:
June 23, 1883
Type:
Passenger
Completed:
September 1883
Fate:
Sunk Mar. 14, 1886 after being rammed by the schooner Charles H. Morse.

Location: North Atlantic, 60 miles east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey.
(40.30.49N - 72.50.24W)

All 845 on board were rescued by SS Fulda (North German Lloyd), the pilot boat Phantom
and the schooner Fannie A. Gorham.
None of the 9 on the Charles H. Morse survived.


Owner
Liverpool & Great Western
Steamship Company
(Guion Line)
Liverpool, England
May 1884:
Cunard Steamship Company Ltd.
Liverpool, England


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
520'
Engines:
1 three cylinder compound steam engine
Beam:
57'
Boilers:
9 fire tube type
Draft:
40' (depth)
Shafts:
1
Gross Tons:
7,375
HP:
12,500 (normal) / 13,575 (forced)
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
17.5 knots
Crew:
255
Funnels:
2
Passengers:
1,542
Masts:
4 (rigged for sail)


Captains
From
To
Name
Mar. 14, 1886
Philip Cottier


Timeline
Sept. 18, 1883:
Sea trials.
Oct. 7, 1883:
Maiden voyage Liverpool - Queenstown - New York.
Apr. 5, 1884:
Won Blue Riband (eastbound) 7 days, 2 hours, 18 minuets, 17.12 knots.
Apr. 19, 1884:
Won Blue Riband (westbound) 6 days, 10 hours, 10 minuets, 18.56 knots. Held the
record until Aug. 22, 1885 losing to Cunard's Etruria.
May 3, 1884:
Increased the record (eastbound) to 6 days, 16 hours, 57 minuets, 18.09 knots.
May 10, 1884:
Began last voyage for Guion Line.
May 1884:
Sold to Cunard Steamship Co.
June 7, 1884:
First voyage for Cunard (Liverpool - Queenstown - New York).
Aug. 7, 1884:
Increased the record (eastbound) to 6 days, 12 hours, 54 minuets, 18.18 knots.
Sept. 10, 1884:
Increased the record (eastbound) to 6 days, 11 hours, 9 minuets, 18.39 knots. Held the
record until losing to Cunard's Etruria.
1885:
Requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted into an armed merchant cruiser.
Nov. 1885:
Returned to commercial service.
Mar. 14, 1886:
Sunk after collision.
Notes
Sister ships Alaska, Arizona.


Builder's Data
Page published Dec. 29, 2007