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Parisian

 
Allan Line
 


Image of ss Parisian (Allan Line)



Length: 440.8 ft.
Breadth: 46.2 ft.
Draft (or Depth): 25.2 ft.
Tonnage: 5,395 tons (gross), 3,385 (net)
Engines: (orig) Compound triple expansion, 6 cyl. 36" 60" 98"; 774 nominal horsepower
Speed: 14 knots
Builder: R. Napier & Sons, Glasgow (Yard No. 375)
Launched: November 4, 1880
Maiden Voyage: March 10, 1881
Disposition: 1914 - sold to Italian shipbreakers..
Particulars:








Port of Registry: Glasgow, Scotland
Flag of Registry: British
Funnel color: Red; white band below black top
Company flag: Blue-white-red vertical stripes, blue at hoist, red at fly; long red pennant above flag
Signal Letters: V J S D
Wireless call letters: M Z N (as of 1912)
Details: Steel hull, two funnels (later 1 funnel), four masts, single screw.


 

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.

April 14, 1912

10:25 p.m., westbound, Glasgow - Halifax - Boston. Transmitter a position call ("50 miles west-southwest") to Titanic that was acknowledged by Titanic. Her radio operator, Sutherland, then went off the air until 8 a.m. April 15.


Data:

November 4, 1880

Launched.

February 26, 1881

Sea trials.

March 10, 1881

Maiden voyage, Liverpool - Halifax - Boston; subsequent trips, Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal.

1899

Rebuilt; one funnel removed; new boilers and engines.

1902

Marconi apparatus installed (call letters 1906 P N; 1909 M P N.)

1905

Glasgow - New York.

1906

Glasgow- Halifax - Boston.

1908

London - Quebec - Montreal.

1909

London - Boston.

1912

Glasgow - Halifax - Boston.

1914

Sold to Italian ship breakers.

 


Courtesy: John P. Eaton. Used with permission.