Franconia | Norway Heritage

Ship Data

Type	Built	Burden	Dimensions	Line / Owner
S.S.	1872 at Glasgow by Caird & Co.	3098 gross	350ft x 39ft x 23ft	Hamburg America Line

Franconia, Hamburg America Line steamship
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The Franconia as the Olinde Rodrigues, in service for C.G.T.
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Year	Event
1872	Launched for Hamburg - West Indies service
1876	Feb. 17: collided with the Strathclyde in Dover Bay with the loss of 38 lives from the sinking Strathclyde
1878	Purchased by the French Line and renamed Olinde Rodrigues for the Havre - Bordeaux - Colon service. Made occasional voyages between Havre and New York
1913	Laid up
1915	Scrapped

Franconia

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