Name: | CHICAGO |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/10/1866 |
Completed: | 12/1866 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 198 |
Dimensions: | 2866grt, 1980nrt, 332.8 x 42.4 x 27.9ft |
Engines: | 2cyl (60 & 60 x 42ins), 350hp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 55033 |
History: | |
08/12/1866 | Liverpool & Great Western Steamship Co Ltd (Guion & Co), Liverpool |
12/01/1868 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Sister ship to the MANHATTAN |
Built for the Liverpool & Queenstown to New York service | |
Accommodation for 72 x 1st Class & 800 x 2nd Class passengers | |
12/01/1868: Wrecked near Queenstown | |
On a voyage from New York to Liverpool carrying passengers, cotton & wheat |
"Wreck of the steamship CHICAGO". Illustrated London News, Saturday, 25/01/1868
London Daily News, Thursday, 16/01/1868