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Name: PENNSYLVANIA launched as CAROLINA
Type: Passenger Ship
Launched: 27/10/1863
Completed: 11/1863
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 122
Dimensions: 2876grt, 2415nrt, 341.0 x 41.0 x 20.4ft; (1871: 4256grt, 3286nrt, 391.6 x 41.2 x 35.2ft)
Engines: 2cyl, 350hp; (1871: CI2cyl (50 & 85 x 48ins), 400nhp)
Engines by: Palmer Bros & Co; (1871: Laird Bros, Birkenhead)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 47600
History:
26/11/1863 Fernie Brothers, Liverpool
1864 National Steam Navigation Co, Liverpool
1872 Renamed CANADA
1894 Broken up
Comments: 27/10/1863: Launched as CAROLINA
1871: Rebuilt
1894: Broken up


Newcastle Chronicle, Saturday, 20/02/1864