Manitoba

Atlantic Transport Line

Length:	445 ft.
Breadth:	49.2 ft.
Draft (or Depth):
Tonnage:	5,670 (gross)
Engines:	Triple expansion with cylinders of 22 ½", 36 ½" and 60" diameter, stroke 48"; 611 n.h.p.
Speed:	13 knots
Builder:	Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland, (Yard No. 248)
Launched:	January 28, 1892
Maiden Voyage:	April 15, 1892
Disposition:	1924 - Scrapped.
Particulars:	Port of Registry: London, England Flag of Registry: British Funnel color: Red; black top Company flag: Three horizontal stripes; red, white, blue; two rows of six stars in each stripe; white stars on red and blue stripes, blue stars on white. Signal Letters: Wireless call letters: Details: Official number 99055; steel hull; twin screws; one funnel; four masts

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.

Mentioned at the Wreck Commissioner's Enquiry during the testimony of William Stewart, a captain for the Atlantic Transport Line.

Data:

January 28, 1892

Launched by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland, (Yard No. 248), for the Atlantic Transport Line.

April 15, 1892

Maiden voyage.

June 1898

Sold to the U.S. Government in 1898 for service as a transport during the Spanish-American War. Renamed Logan.

1923

Sold to E. T. Winston of Savannah, Georgia. Renamed Candler. Intended for conversion to a school ship.

1924

Scrapped.

Image Courtesy: Old Ship Photo Galleries (www.photoship.co.uk) Used with permission.