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Arcadia of Belfast Ship P&O1,2

?, #15196, b. 1888, d. 1925
Pedigree
Last Edited: 20 Apr 2018
  • (Child) Birth*: Arcadia of Belfast Ship P&O was born in 1888; Ship Name     Arcadia
    Years in service     1888-1925
    Funnels     2
    Masts     4
    Shipping Line     P. & O. (British)
    Line     6
    Ship description     
    Built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, Ireland. Tonnage: 6,603. Dimensions: 468' x 52'. Single-screw, 16 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. 7,500 I.H.P. Four masts and two funnels. Steel hull.2
  • (Deceased) Death*: Arcadia of Belfast Ship P&O died in 1925 History     
    Coal consumption amounted to 110 tons per day. Service: England-Australia. Passengers: 250 first and 160 second class. Scrapped in 1925. Sister ship: Oceana. Similar ships: Britannia and Victoria. Note: These remarkable passenger ships became famous as the "Jubilee" class of 1887.2
  • (Ship) Crew List*: Alexander Milne engine fitter, chief engineer was found on a crew llist for Arcadia of Belfast Ship P&O on 13 July 1888 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, . Inward, signed W R Andrews, master. A list of the crew and passengers arrived in the ship Arcadia of Belfast Burthen 3349 tons, from port of London via Melbourne & ports to Sydney, New South Wales 13 July 1888. A Milne, chief engineer, 48, Dundee.
    A Milne Chief Engineer died on 12 July 1888 from injuries received. T Tornburn 2 Engineer acting. see Log Book page 22.1

Citations

  1. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Information: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: New South Wales Government. Inward passenger lists. Series 13278, Reels 399-560, 2001-2122, 2751. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia. New South Wales Government. Reports of vessels arrived (or Shipping reports). Series 1291, Reels 1263-1285, 2851. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia. © the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales and is used under licence with the permission of the State Records Authority. The State of New South Wales gives no warranty regarding the data's accuracy, completeness, currency or suitability for any particular purpose. [April 2014]
  2. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Ships collection [Apr 2018].