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The SS PARISIAN

Liverpool, England to Quebec and Montreal, Canada.

Images of the SS Parisian's passenger list, showing as listed, the names of the Friederich Altwasser family
and the Wilhelm Dohms family. Their destination in Canada was Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Julianna Dohms is the married daughter of Friedrich Altwasser.

The SS PARISIAN
Sailing Record & Photographs

The SS Parisian was built for the Allan Line by R Napier and Sons, of Glasgow, the first North Atlantic mail steamer built of steel and the first with bilge keels. 5,359 tons; 134,34 x 14,08 meters (440.8 x 46.2 feet; length x beam); straight bow, 2 funnels, 4 masts; steel construction, screw propulsion, service speed 14 knots; accommodation for 150 1st-, 100 2nd-, and 1,000 3rd-class passengers. 4 November 1880, launched. 10 March 1881, maiden voyage, Liverpool-Halifax-Boston. 28 April 1881, first voyage, Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal. 22 December 1898, last voyage, Liverpool-Halifax-St. John, New Brunswick. 1899, triple-expansion engines by Workman, Clark and Co, Belfast; 1 funnel. 20 July 1899, resumed Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal service. 1902, fitted with Marconi wireless telegraphy. 16 March 1905, last voyage, Liverpool-Halifax-St. John, New Brunswick. 25 May 1905, first voyage, Glasgow-New York. 17 August 1905, last voyage, Glasgow-New York (4 roundtrip voyages). 25 May 1906, Glasgow-Boston (2nd and 3rd class only), 30 April 1908, first voyage, London-Quebec-Montreal. 17 September 1909, resumed Glasgow-Boston service. April 1912, rescued some TITANIC survivors. 31 October 1913, last voyage, Glasgow-Boston-Glasgow (arrived 27 November). January 1914, scrapped in Italy [Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway, Vol. 1, pp. 315-316]. Pictured in Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors, p. 246 , courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970 [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer]

The Parisian was the first large steamer of the Allan Line, at 5,359 tons, sailing in May 1881. She was the first to have bilge keels to dampen the rolling, thus reducing seasickness. In 1902 the Parisian was equipped with the first wireless. Used on the Liverpool to Canada and the USA service Parisian was scrapped in 1914.

Description Source: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsP-Q.html

 

 

 

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