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1866 | Nov. 8, launched for Mediterranean service, cemented, 4 bulkheads | 1867 | First voyage Glasgow - St. John | 1867 | May 11, first voyage Glasgow - New York | 1868 | 1868 - 1874, mainly employed on the Glasgow - St. John service with a total of 14 round voyages. | 1870 | 1870 - 1871, made 5 voyages on the Glasgow - Mediterranean - New York - Glasgow service. | 1873 | Master: Lees | 1874 | Rebuilt: lengthened 264.8ft x 26.4ft x 20.2ft, tonnage 1,082 gross, 697 register. Compound engine by D. & W. Henderson. cylinders; 53 and 29½ inc. Stroke; 3 feet. 200 HP. Registered after rebuilding on Aug. 18, Glasgow | 1875 | 1875 - 1889, sailed 32 voyages on the Glasgow - Mediterranean - New York - Glasgow run | 1876 | 1876, 2 round voyages Bordeaux - New York | 1889 | Sept. 21, started on her last voyage Valencia - Gibraltar - New York with arrival Oct. 18t | 1890 | Sailed New York - West Indies - New York | 1891 | Sold to Robert Webster Doherty, Liverpool | 1891 | Sold to Italy, renamed Ausonia | 1895 | Renamed Alexandra | 1896 | August, stranded at Tenedos, was refloated and repaired at Constantinople. Scrapped at Naples. | The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges |
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Constructed of iron, clipper bow, 1 funnel and 3 masts. Her register tonnage was 592, date and port of initial registry was; 6th December, 1866. Glasgow. The engine was built by D. & W. Henderson's "Finnieston Steamship Works", in Glasgow. The Acadia had a single screw, and was powered by a compound engine, delivering 96 HP., which gave her a service speed of 9 knots.
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