Year built Date launched Date completed
1870 18/01/1870
Vessel type Vessel description
Passenger / Cargo Iron Screw Steamer
Builder Yard Yard no
William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton Leven Yard 136
Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
2553 grt / 1628 nrt / 327.4 ft 39.3 ft 18.6 ft
Engine builder Denny & Company, Dumbarton
Engine detail
C2cyl, 450hp, 1 screw
1885 2 x C2cyl, 500hp by John Elder & Co., Glasgow
First owner First port of register Registration date
The British & North American Steam Packet Company, Glasgow Glasgow 02/05/1870
Other names
1892 TACOMA - 1905 SHIKOTAN MARU
Subsequent owner and registration history
07/1878 Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd., Liverpool
11/1884 John Elder & Co., Glasgow (in part payment for UMBRIA & ETRURIA) and chartered to Canadian Pacific Railways
05/1888 Guion Steamship Co. Ltd., London
07/1892 registered at Liverpool, same owner
10/1898 North American Mail Steamship Company, Tacoma
1901 Northern Pacific Steamship Company, Tacoma
02/1904 Northwestern Steamship Company, Seattle
14/03/1905 intercepted and taken as prize by Japanese cruiser
1905 Reizo Yamashina, Tokyo, later Yamashina Kaisen
1923 Momosuke Miyata, Kobe
1924 Stranded 23/10/1924
23/10/1924 damaged by stranding near Shanghai
07/11/1924 refloated and broken up at Shanghai