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Frederick Leyland & Company, Ltd. (Leyland Line)

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Length:	420.9 ft.
Breadth:	49.2 ft.
Draft (or depth):	21.9 ft.
Tonnage:	5613 gross tons
Engines:	Triple expansion, 3 cyl. 28", 46", 77" x 54" stroke. 555 nominal horsepower.
Speed:	12 knots
Builder:	Caird & Co. Greenock (Yard 290)
Launched:	20 September 1898
Maiden Voyage:	c. 9 December 1898
Disposition:	Scrapped 1930 (Barrow, Lancashire)
Particulars:	Port of Registry: Liverpool Flag of Registry: British Funnel color: pink, black top Company flag: Red Signal Letters: Q K M C Wireless call letters: M J L Steel hull, one funnel, two masts, single screw, one deck, one part deck, spar deck, wireless.

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries:

April 14, 1912 - Eastbound: At 7:30 p.m., received and acknowledged report from Californian of ice at 42.3 N, 49.9 W. This message is know to have been heard by Titanic.

Data:

1898 - Built for West Indian & Pacific Steam Ship Co., Ltd.

30 September 1898 - Launched

9 December 1898(c.) - Maiden voyage, Greenock to New Orleans (arrived 27 December)

1 January 1901 - Taken over by F. Leyland & Co. (1900), Ltd.

(1908) - Frederick Leyland & Company, Ltd.
Route - Liverpool/London to Mexican and Gulf ports, especially New Orleans.

1930 - Broken up at Barrow (Lancashire)

Courtesy: John P. Eaton. Used with permission.