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City of Antwerp Ship1

?, #15216, b. 1866, d. 26 November 1890
Last Edited: 19 Jan 2021
  • (Child) Birth*: City of Antwerp Ship was born in 1866; CITY OF ANTWERP / THANEMORE 1866
    The CITY OF ANTWERP was built by Tod & McGregor, Glasgow in 1866 for the Inman Line of Liverpool. She was a 2,391 gross ton ship, length 332ft x beam 39.4ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. Launched on 8th Nov.1866, she sailed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool for Queenstown (Cobh) and New York on 20th Feb.1867. She continued on this service until starting her last voyage on 13th Jan.1876. Sold to the Johnston Line in 1879, she was renamed THANEMORE, re-engined and rebuilt to 3,032 gross tons. On 26th Nov.1890 she went missing with the loss of 43 lives. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.242]2
  • (Deceased) Death*: City of Antwerp Ship died on 26 November 1890.2

Citations

  1. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York Port, Ship Images, 1851-1891 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: Ship images obtained from and reproduced courtesy of Mystic Seaport. [Apr 2013]
  2. [S49] Website Web Site online (www.) http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsCC.shtml [May 2019].