Nomadic
Ship Number
236
Vessel Type
Livestock Carrier
Built
Belfast
Launch Date
11 February 1891
Delivered
14 April 1891
Owner
Oceanic Steam Navigation Co.
Weight
5749 grt
BP Length
460 feet
Breadth
49 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
13 knots
Propulsion
Triple expansion
Official No.
97849
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Scrapped
Nomadic

[Mariners Museum, Newport News, Charles Haas]
Launched on 11th December 1891 and started her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York on 24th April 1892.
 
In 1899 she became Transport No.34 and was used as a store ship and horse transport during the Boer War.
 
Sold to the Dominion Line in 1903, she was renamed Cornishman the following year.  She was resold to Leyland Line in 1921.
 
In 1926 she was scrapped at Lelant, Cornwall.
 
[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.812] [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.2]