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Authorization & Routes
 Steamship to Hull, by railway to Liverpool and by steamship to New York or Boston and from there on to the final destination 
 Liverpool - New York 
 Fleet 1897Built Tonnage Shipyard
 S/S Algeria1870 3,428 gross  J. & G. Thomson & Co. 
 S/S Aurania (1)1882 7,269 gross  J. & G. Thomson & Co. 
 S/S Bothnia (1)1874 4,535 gross  J. & G. Thomson & Co. 
 S/S British Queen1849 773 gross  William Denny & Co. 
 S/S Campania1892 12,950 gross  Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd. 
 S/S Carinthia (1)1895 5,598 gross  London & Glasgow Co. Ltd. 
 S/S Catalonia1881 4,841 gross  J. & G. Thomson & Co. 
 S/S Cephalonia1882 5,517 gross  Laird Bros 
 S/S Etruria1884 7,718 gross  John Elder & Co. 
 S/S Gallia1878 4,809 gross  J. & G. Thomson & Co. 
 S/S Kedar1860 1,783 gross  William Denny & Co. 
 S/S Lucania1893 12,952 gross  Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd. 
 S/S Pavonia1882 5,588 gross  J. & G. Thomson & Co. 
 S/S Scythia (1)1874 4,557 gross  J. & G. Thomson & Co. 
 S/S Servia1881 7,392 gross  J. & G. Thomson & Co. 
 S/S Tarifa1865 2,058 gross  J. & G. Thomson & Co. 
 S/S Umbria1884 7,718 gross  John Elder & Co. 
 This list might not be a complete list of all the ships in the fleet.
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