| Name: | CALIFORNIA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/12/1882 |
| Completed: | 1883 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 450 |
| Dimensions: | 2606grt, 1957nrt, 299.5 x 37.2 x 28.6ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (38.5 & 74 x 48ins), 316nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1883 | E Carr, Hamburg |
| 1888 | Hamburg-Amerika Packetfahrt AG, Hamburg |
| 1897 | Wilh Kunstmann, Swinemünde |
| 1899 | D/S Nordsøen (A Christensen), Copenhagen; renamed WINELAND |
| 1904 | T Okazaki, Kobe; renamed NISSHIN MARU |
| 03/1910 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 30/01/1898: Stranded near Rønne on west coast of Bornholm. |
| Sussequently refloated, condemned but then sold and repaired | |
| 03/1910: Broken up at Osaka |
Above photo showing CALIFORNIA aground in 1898 is copyright of the Museet for Søfarts. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo showing CALIFORNIA aground in 1898 is copyright of the Museet for Søfarts. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return