SS City of Manchester (1851)

The SS City of Manchester was an iron-hulled single screw liner built 1851 by Tod & McGregor, Glasgow, Scotland 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.[2]

For other ships with the same name, see SS City of Manchester.

History
Civil Ensign of the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
NameSS City of Manchester
Owner Inman Line
RouteAtlantic crossing.
BuilderTod and Macgregor, Partick, Glasgow
Launched14 June 1851[1]
Maiden voyageLiverpool—Philadelphia, 26 July 1851[1]
FateWrecked in 1876
General characteristics
TypeSteamship
Tonnage2,109 GRT[1]
Length265.3 ft (80.9 m)[1]
Beam37.5 ft (11.4 m)[1]
Propulsionsteam & sail[1]
Sail plan4 masts[1]
Speed9 knots[1]

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. She departed London for Calcutta 24 August 1857 as a transport as a result of the Indian Mutiny. 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.[3][1] She was wrecked near Akyab, Burma in November 1876.[4][5]

References
  1. TheShipsList—City of Manchester 1851.
  2. TheShipsList—Inman Line.
  3. Gibbs 1957, p. 116.
  4. "City of Manchester". Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  5. "(untitled)". The Times. No. 28790. London. 18 November 1876. col C-D, p. 9.

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