Ship Details
Rig
Iron Screw Steamer, 700 ihp
Built
1853
Built In
Tonnage
1,274g
Built By
Dimensions
238.8 x 29.2 x 23.8
Demise
Ordered for African Steamship Co. but launched as the Northern Light and purchased by Canadian Steam Navigation Co. & renamed. Trans-Atlantic route. Crimean War service, Florence Nightingale a frequent passenger. 1857: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. 1868: Abyssinian War troopship. 1869: Hong Kong - Shanghai route. 1873 Nov.6: Sold to Capt.Hutchinson.
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