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3,008 gross 1867 at Jarrow-on-Tyne by Palmer‘s Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. Guion Line 335ft x 42.5ft 
 Year Departure ArrivalRemarks
 1867  February, launchedAtlantic Journey ID 7264
 1867  Apr. 14, maiden voyage Liverpool - Queenstown - New YorkAtlantic Journey ID 7265
 1869  Departed Liverpool circa June 2, by way of Queenstown (Cobh, Ireland), arriving at Castle Garden, New York June 15, 1869. Master was James Price.Atlantic Journey ID 8351
 1870  Liverpool     New York  Sept. 12 Liverpool & Great Wester Steam Ship CompanyTransatlantc ID
 1871  Liverpool     New York  July 10 Liverpool & Great Western Steam Ship Company - Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1871  Liverpool     New York  Aug. 21 Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1871  Liverpool     New York  Oct. 01 Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1871  Liverpool     New York  Nov. 12 Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1872  Liverpool     New York  Apr. 28 Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1872  Liverpool     New York  June 09 Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1872  Liverpool     New York  Aug. 04 Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1872  Liverpool  Sept. 04  New York  Sept. 13 Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., Christiania. About 600 Mormons from EuropeTransatlantc ID
 1872  Liverpool     New York  Oct. 28 Transatlantc ID
 1872  Liverpool  Nov. 27  New York  Dec. 12 Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1873  Liverpool     New York  May 26 Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1873  Liverpool     New York  July 07 Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1874  Liverpool  May 27  New York  June 06 Agent O. Jacobsen, ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1874  Liverpool  July 08  New York  July 19 Agent O. Jacobsen, ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1875  Feb. 10, chartered by American Line for one vaoyage Liverpool - PhiladelphiaAtlantic Journey ID 7266
 1875  Sold to Warren LineAtlantic Journey ID 7267
 1882  Renamed Vinuelas for Spanish ownersAtlantic Journey ID 7268
 1886  Renamed San Ignacio Loyola for Cia TrasatlanticaAtlantic Journey ID 7269
 1908  ScrappedAtlantic Journey ID 7270
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
Minnesota - Guion Line steamship
Minnesota - Guion Line steamship
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Old engraving showing passenger embarking the S/S Minnesota
(Printed in Harper's Monthly in July 1870)


Old engraving showing the quarter deck on the S/S Minnesota
(Printed in Harper's Monthly in July 1870)

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