California (1907)

Builder:
D. & W. Henderson & Company Ltd.
Glasgow, Scotland
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1907
Launched:
July 9, 1907
Type:
Passenger
Completed:
October 1907
Fate:

Sunk Feb. 7, 1917 by SMS U-85 (torpedo).

Location: North Atlantic, 38 miles southwest of Fastnet Rock, Ireland.
(51.07N - 10.26W)

31 crewmen and 12 passengers killed, 161 survivors.
(Roll of Honour)



Owner
Anchor Line
(Henderson Bros.)
Glasgow, Scotland


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
470' 1"
Engines:
2 triple expansion
Beam:
58' 3"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
34' (depth)
Shafts:
2
Gross Tons:
8,662
HP:
827
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
15 knots
Crew:
N/A
Funnels:
2
Passengers:
1,214
Masts:
2


Timeline
Oct. 10, 1907:
Maiden voyage Glasgow - Moville, Ireland - New York.
June 28, 1914:
Grounded on Tory Island, Ireland, refloated Aug. 20 and repaired in Glasgow.
Feb. 7, 1917:
Torpedoed without warning and sunk.


Builder's Data
Page published Feb. 7, 2009