Ship Details
Abyssinia Photo Credit: City of Vancouver Archives

 

Registry #1	063765 (UK)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1870	Abyssinia	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1870	Place	Clydebank	Area	Scotland	Country	UK

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	364' x 42' x 34'
Builder	Thompson, J. & G.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Iron	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	3651	Type 1	Passenger Vessel
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	steam engine	Engine Manufacture	J. Jones & Son
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1870 she was owned by the Cunard Line. In 1880 she was sold to J. & G. Thompson. In 1881 she was owned by S.B. Guion for the Guion Line.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1891-12-18

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
This vessel arrived in Vancouver on June 14, 1887 after a voyage of 13 days and 14 hours from Yokohama Japan. This vessel carried 22 first class passengers with 80 Chinese steerage class passengers. This vessel also carried mail, tea and silk. On December 18, 1891 this vessel was destroyed by fire. In 1954 this vessel was stripped of superstructure and engines.

 

References
McKee, William C. (1978)
Last update
2021-02-07 00:00:00
Record Creator
John M. MacFarlane
Record Updater
John M. MacFarlane (2021);

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