Caspian, Allan Line

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Burden	Built	Shipowner or operator	Dimensions
1,728 gross	1870 at Glasgow by London & Glasgow Co. Ltd.	Allan Line, Liverpool, England	349.6ft x 38ft

Year	Departure		Arrival		Remarks
1870					Feb. 1, launched
1870	Liverpool	Sept. 24	Quebec	Oct. 07
1870					Nov 5, maiden voyage Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal
1870					Dec. 8, first voyage Liverpool - Baltimore
1871					Liverpool - Londonderry/Queenstown - Halifax/Quebec/Portland
1871	Liverpool	Feb. 16	Portland	Feb. 28
1871	Liverpool	Apr. 26	Quebec	May 06
1871	Liverpool	May 30	Quebec	June 09
1871	Liverpool	July 06	Quebec	July 15	Londonderry. Also reported arrival 1871-07-16
1871	Liverpool	Sept. 09	Halifax	Sept. 17	Queenstown
1871	Liverpool	Oct. 26	Quebec	Nov. 05	Londonderry. Also reported to arrive 1892-11-07
1871	Liverpool	Dec. 07	Portland	Dec. 19	Montreal Ocean Steam Ship Company. Date of arrival not found. Date is estimated 12 days journey - Agent A. Sharpe, Christiania
1872					Liverpool - Queenstown - Halifax/Quebec
1872	Liverpool	June 04	Quebec	June 17	Queenstown - Halifax
1872	Liverpool	July 16	Halifax	July 26	Baltimore
1872	Liverpool	Oct. 12	Quebec	Oct. 25
1873					Liverpool - Londonderry - Quebec
1873	Liverpool	Aug. 28	Quebec	Sept. 07	Londonderry 1873-08-29
1873	Liverpool	Oct. 09	Quebec	Oct. 20	Londonderry 1873-10-10. Also reported arrival 1873-10-21
1874					Liverpool - Queenstown/Londonderry - St.John - Halifax/Quebec
1874	Liverpool	Feb. 11	Halifax	Feb. 19	Arrival date estimated
1874	Liverpool	May 05	Quebec	May 24	Queenstown - Halifax
1874	Liverpool	June 18	Quebec	June 29	Londonderry 1874-06-19
1874	Liverpool	July 28	Quebec	Aug. 13	Queenstown - St. Johns - Halifax
1874	Liverpool	Sept. 22	Halifax	Oct. 02	Arrival date estimated
1874	Liverpool	Dec. 15	Halifax	Dec. 25	Arrival date estimated
1875					Liverpool - Halifax
1875	Liverpool	Jan. 26	Halifax	Feb. 05	Arrival date estimated
1875	Liverpool	Apr. 21	Halifax	May 01	Arrival date estimated
1875	Liverpool	June 01	Halifax	June 11	Arrival date estimated
1875	Liverpool	July 27	Halifax	Aug. 07	Arrival date estimated
1875	Liverpool	Sept. 07	Halifax	Sept. 17	Arrival date estimated
1875	Liverpool	Oct. 19	Halifax	Oct. 29	Arrival date estimated
1875	Liverpool	Nov. 30	Halifax	Dec. 10	Arrival date estimated
1877					Liverpool - Halifax/Portland
1877	Liverpool	Jan. 09	Halifax	Jan. 19	Arrival date estimated
1877	Liverpool	Feb. 22	Portland	Mar. 07	Halifax
1877	Liverpool	Apr. 05	Portland	Apr. 17	Halifax
1877	Liverpool	May 15	Halifax	May 25	Arrival date estimated
1877	Liverpool	June 28	Quebec	July 09
1877	Liverpool	Aug. 07	Halifax	Aug. 17	Arrival date estimated
1877	Liverpool	Sept. 18	Halifax	Sept. 28	Arrival date estimated
1877	Liverpool	Oct. 30	Halifax	Nov. 10	Arrival date estimated
1877	Liverpool	Dec. 11	Halifax	Dec. 21	Arrival date estimated
1878					Liverpool - Halifax
1878	Liverpool	Apr. 11	Halifax	Apr. 21	Arrival date estimated
1878	Liverpool	May 28	Halifax	June 08	Arrival date estimated
1878	Liverpool	July 09	Halifax	July 19	Arrival date estimated
1878	Liverpool	Aug. 20	Halifax	Sept. 01	Arrival date estimated
1878	Liverpool	Oct. 01	Halifax	Oct. 11	Arrival date estimated
1878	Liverpool	Nov. 12	Halifax	Nov. 22	Arrival date estimated
1879					Liverpool - Londonderry - Quebec/Halifax
1879	Liverpool	Dec. 24	Halifax	Jan. 03	Arrival date estimated
1879	Liverpool	May 01	Quebec	May 10	Londonderry 1879-05-02. Also reportes arrival 1879-05-14
1881					Liverpool - Londonderry - St.John - Halifax/Boston/Baltimore
1881	Liverpool	Feb. 10	Halifax	Feb. 22
1881	Liverpool	Mar. 24	Halifax	Apr. 03	Londonderry 1881-03-25 - Boston. Captain Trocks. Feeder ship from Christiania 1881-03-18, Bergen 1881-03-17
1881	Liverpool	May 11	Halifax	May 20
1881	Liverpool	June 21	Halifax	July 02
1881	Liverpool	Aug. 13	Halifax	Aug. 23	Estimated arrival date
1881	Liverpool	Sept. 12	Halifax	Sept. 25	St. Johns - Baltimore
1881	Liverpool	Oct. 27	Halifax	Nov. 05
1881	Liverpool	Dec. 22	Halifax	Dec. 24	Baltimore. Estimated arrival date
1882					Re-engined with new compound engines by Laird Bros, Birkenhead, 300 HP, service speed 12 knots
1882	Liverpool	Nov. 30	Halifax	Dec. 12	Londonderry - Baltimore. Arrival date port of Halifax is estimated.
1882					Chartered as a troopship for Egyptian Expedition
1883					Liverpool - Queenstown/Londonderry - St.John - Halifax - Baltimore/Portland
1883	Liverpool	Jan. 18	Halifax	Jan. 31	Londonderry - Baltimore
1883	Liverpool	Feb. 22	Halifax	Mar. 05	Londonderry 1883-02-23 - Portland
1883	Liverpool	Apr. 10	Halifax	Apr. 20	Queenstown 1883-04-11 - St. Johns - Baltimore
1883	Liverpool	May 22	Halifax	June 02	St. Johns - Baltimore
1883	Liverpool	July 03	Halifax	July 13	St. Johns - Baltimore
1883	Liverpool	Aug. 14	Halifax	Aug. 27	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1883	Liverpool	Sept. 25	Halifax	Oct. 06	St. Johns - Baltimore
1883	Liverpool	Nov. 08	Halifax	Nov. 20	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1883	Liverpool	Dec. 18	Halifax	Dec. 31	St. Johns - Baltimore
1884					Liverpool - Queenstown/Londonderry - St.John - Halifax - Portland/Baltimore
1884	Liverpool	Jan. 24	Halifax	Feb. 07	Portland
1884	Liverpool	Mar. 06	Halifax	Mar. 19	Londonderry (Moville) - Portland
1884	Liverpool	May 06	Halifax	May 16	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1884	Liverpool	June 17	Halifax	June 27	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1884	Liverpool	July 29	Halifax	Aug. 09	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1884	Liverpool	Sept. 09	Halifax	Sept. 20	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1884	Liverpool		Halifax	Nov. 01
1885					Liverpool - Queenstown/Londonderry - St.John - Halifax - Baltimore/Portland
1885	Liverpool	Dec. 25	Halifax	Jan. 04	Londonderry - Baltimore
1885	Liverpool	Jan. 13	Halifax	Jan. 24	Londonderry - Portland. Arrival date Port of Halifax is estimated.
1885	Liverpool	Feb. 05	Halifax	Feb. 16	Londonderry - Portland
1885	Liverpool	Mar. 19	Halifax	Mar. 30
1885	Liverpool	Apr. 28	Halifax	May 11	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1885	Liverpool	July 21	Halifax	Aug. 01	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1885	Liverpool	Sept. 01	Halifax	Sept. 13	Queenstown - St. Johns - Quebec 1885-09-18
1885	Liverpool	Oct. 15	Quebec	Oct. 25
1886					Liverpool - Queenstown/Londonderry - St.John - Halifax - Baltimore/Portland
1886	Liverpool	Dec. 21	Halifax	Jan. 03	St. Johns - Baltimore
1886	Liverpool	Feb. 11	Halifax	Feb. 21	Londonderry - Portland
1886	Liverpool	Apr. 13	Halifax	Apr. 26	Queenstown - Baltimore
1886	Liverpool	May 25	Halifax	June 05	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1886	Liverpool	July 06	Halifax	July 16	St. Johns - Baltimore
1886	Liverpool	Aug. 16	Halifax	Aug. 28	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1886	Liverpool	Sept. 28	Halifax	Oct. 09	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1886	Liverpool	Nov. 09	Halifax	Nov. 22	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1887					Liverpool - St.John - Halifax - Baltimore
1887	Liverpool	May 10	Halifax	May 21	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1887	Liverpool	Sept. 13	Halifax	Sept. 24	St. Johns - Baltimore
1887	Liverpool		Halifax	Nov. 08
1888					Liverpool - St.John - Halifax - Baltimore
1888	Liverpool	May 15	Halifax	May 25	St. Johns - Baltimore
1888	Liverpool	June 26	Halifax	July 11	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1888	Liverpool	Aug. 07	Halifax	Aug. 17	St. Johns - Baltimore
1888	Liverpool	Sept. 18	Halifax	Sept. 30	St. Johns - Baltimore. Date of arrival Halifax is estimated.
1888	Liverpool	Oct. 30	Halifax	Nov. 11	St. Johns
1888	Liverpool		Halifax	Dec. 23
1889					Liverpool - Queenstown/Londonderry - St.John - Quebec/Halifax - Baltimore
1889	Liverpool	Apr. 30	Halifax	May 10	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1889	Liverpool	June 07	Quebec	June 17	Londonderry
1889	Liverpool	July 11	Quebec	July 20	Londonderry
1889	Liverpool	Aug. 15	Quebec	Aug. 24	Londonderry
1889	Liverpool	Oct. 01	Halifax	Oct. 13	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1890					Liverpool - Queenstown - St.John - Halifax - Portland/Baltimore
1890	Liverpool		Halifax	Jan. 07
1890	Liverpool	Feb. 13	Halifax	Feb. 24	Portland
1890	Liverpool		Halifax	Apr. 28
1890	Liverpool	May 27	Halifax	June 06	St. Johns - Baltimore
1890	Liverpool		Halifax	July 19
1890	Liverpool		Halifax	Aug. 31	St. Johns
1890	Liverpool	Sept. 30	Halifax	Oct. 11	Queenstown (Cobh) - St. Johns
1890	Liverpool	Nov. 11	Halifax	Nov. 23	St. Johns - Baltimore
1891					Liverpool - Queenstown - St.John - Halifax - Baltimore
1891	Liverpool	Dec. 23	Halifax	Jan. 04	St. Johns - Baltimore
1891	Liverpool	May 12	Halifax	May 23	St. Johns - Baltimore
1891	Liverpool	June 23	Halifax	July 03	Queenstown - St. Johns
1891	Liverpool	Aug. 04	Halifax	Aug. 14	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1891	Liverpool		Halifax	Sept. 28	St. Johns
1891	Liverpool	Nov. 10	Halifax	Nov. 21	St. Johns - Baltimore. Allan & State Line.
1892					Liverpool - Queenstown - St.John - Halifax - Baltimore. Laid up
1892	Liverpool	Apr. 26	Halifax	May 07	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1892	Liverpool	Aug. 16	Halifax	Aug. 28	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1892	Liverpool	Sept. 27	Halifax	Oct. 09	Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore
1893					Laid up
1894					Laid up
1895					Laid up
1896					Glasgow - Boston
1897					Glasgow - Portland.
1897					Scrapped
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

Picture of the S/S Caspian - Photographer: Unknown, colorized by Børge Solem. - Source: Norway Heritage Collection - License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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