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Name: MINNESOTA
Type: Passenger Ship
Launched: 19/02/1867
Completed: 04/1867
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 199
Dimensions: 2888grt, 1964nrt, 335.4 x 42.5 x 20.3ft; (1870: 3008grt, 1951nrt, 42.5 x 27.8ft)
Engines: 2cyl (60 & 60 x 42ins), 350hp; (1875: C2cyl (44 & 78 x 54ins), 350nhp)
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd; (1875: J Jack Rollo & Co, Liverpool)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 55074
History:
01/04/1867 Liverpool & Great Western Steamship Co Ltd (Guion & Co), Liverpool
1875 Warren Line, Liverpool
1882 Marques de Campo, Madrid; renamed VINUELAS
1886 Cia Trasatlantica, Spain; renamed SAN IGNACIO DE LOYOLA
1908 Broken up
Comments: Built for the Liverpool & Queenstown to New York service
Accommodation for 72 x 1st Class & 800 x 2nd Class passengers
1870: Depth increased to 27.8ft
1875: Re-engined


Above painting as MINNESOTA is copyright of the University of Baltimore