Scotsman
Ship Number
289
Vessel Type
Passenger Ship
Built
Belfast
Launch Date
13 December 1894
Delivered
11 April 1895
Owner
Richard Mills & Co.
Weight
6041 grt
BP Length
470 feet
Breadth
49 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
13 knots
Propulsion
Triple expansion
Official No.
105283
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Wrecked
Scotsman

One funnel, four masts, twin screw, speed 13 knots, accommodation for 100-1st, 130-2nd and 800-3rd class passengers. Built for the Dominion Line on 13th December 1894 and started her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Halifax and Portland on 28th November 1895.
 
On 14th May 1896 she commenced her first Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal voyage and on 22nd September 1899 was wrecked in the Belle Isle Straits with the loss of 13 lives.
 
[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.808]