SS City of Manchester
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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | SS City of Manchester |
| Owner: | Inman Line |
| Route: | Atlantic crossing. |
| Builder: | Tod and Macgregor, Partick, Glasgow |
| Launched: | 1851 |
| Fate: | Sold in 1871 and converted to sail. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Steamship |
| Tonnage: | 1900 tons |
| Length: | 258 feet (79 m) |
| Beam: | 35 feet (11 m) |
| Sail plan: | 3 masts |
The SS City of Manchester was a mid-19th Century iron-hulled single screw liner and the second such ship owned by the Inman Line (officially the Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam Ship Company). It was an improved version of their first ship City of Glasgow which had been launched a year earlier.
Steerage passengers were carried beginning in 1852. The City of Manchester was chartered to the French Government during the Crimean War, and resumed Inman voyages in 1856. By the next year, New York replaced Philadelphia as the American destination. After 20 years of Inman service, the City of Manchester was sold and converted to sail. [1]
References
- ↑ Gibbs, C. R. Vernon (1957). Passenger Liners of the Western Ocean: A Record of Atlantic Steam and Motor Passenger Vessels from 1838 to the Present Day. John De Graff. p. 116.
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