liner COLOMBIE

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1874 - 1897

Design features

Colombie (iron liner) 1874 - 1897
hull material : ...................iron
previous name(s) of ship : ........floride
detailed type : ...................iron liner
type of propulsion : ..............1 propeller
building year of ship : ...........1862
name of shipyard : ................Caird & Co
place of construction : ...........Greenock
year of entering the fleet : ......1874
length (in meters) : ..............85,44
width (in meters) : ...............11,9
gross tonnage (in tons) : .........2470
deadweight (in tons) : ............1500
type of engine : ..................inverted compound transformed to HP 3 cylinders in 1874
engine power (in HP) : ............2000
nominal speed (in Knots) : ........13

History

Second of two ships ordered by a Spanish shipping company and bought on slipway by the very new Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. Sistership: LOUISIANE (1862). Brought into service on June 14, 1862 under the name of FLORIDE on the line of the West Indies and Mexico, at the departure of Le Havre. In 1866, is transformed to transport emigrants on the line of New York. October 5, 1866, sinks in the port of Le Havre during an operation of coal loading. Is refloated the 9. In 1874-75, is equipped with triple expansion engines and is renamed COLOMBIE. Her cutwater stem is replaced by a straight stem. In October 1875, after transformations, is assigned to the line of Colon. In 1887, is transferred on the line of Haïti. Sold for the demolition in Marseille in January 1898, after a 35 years career.