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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| CITY OF BERLIN |
70913 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1875 |
27/10/1874 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger Liner
| Iron Screw Steamer 3 masts |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Caird & Company, Greenock |
Westburn West |
181 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 5491 grt / 2957 nrt / |
488.6 ft |
44.2 ft |
34.9 ft |
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| Engine builder |
Caird & Company, Greenock |
| Engine detail |
C.2Cy (72, 120 x 72") 1-screw
1887 re-engine T3cyl. by John Laird, Birkenhead |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Inman Steam Ship Co. Ltd., Liverpool |
Liverpool |
17/03/1875 |
| Other names |
| 1893 BERLIN - 1898 MEADE |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1887 Inman & International S.S. Co. Ltd., Liverpool
1895 International Navigation Co. Ltd., Liverpol
1893 American Line (USA)
1898 US Govt as troop transport USS MEADE. |
| Vessel history |
29/04/1875 Maiden voyage.
1898 Troop transport during Spanish-American War, then training ship at Boston Massachutes until 1918. |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1921 |
Broken Up |
| Disposal Detail |
| Broken up at Philadelphia. |
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