Parisian (1881)

Builder:
Robert Napier & Sons
Glasgow, Scotland
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1881
Launched:
November 4, 1880
Type:
Passenger
Completed:
N/A
Fate:
Scrapped at Genoa, Italy in 1914.


Owner
Montreal Ocean Steamship Company
(Allan Line)
Liverpool, England


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
440' 8"
Engines:
1 three cylinder compound inverted (a)
Beam:
46' 2"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
N/A
Shafts:
1
GRT:
5,395
HP:
800
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
14 knots
Crew:
N/A
Funnels:
2 (b)
Passengers:
1,250
Masts:
4 (rigged for sail)
Construction notes:
(a):
Replaced with triple expansion engine in 1899.
(b):
1 after 1899 refit.


History:
Mar. 10, 1881:
Maiden voyage Liverpool-Halifax-Boston.
Mar. 25, 1905:

In collision with SS Albano at Halifax, no casualties.



Page published Dec. 21, 2011