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BurdenBuiltShipowner or operator Dimensions
2,356 gross 1864 at Glasgow by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Allan Line, Liverpool, England 334.9ft x 38.6ft 
 Year Departure ArrivalRemarks
 1864  June 4, launched as the Saint DavidAtlantic Journey ID 657
 1864  July 21, maiden voyage Liverpool - Quebec - MontrealAtlantic Journey ID 660
 1873  Rebuilt, lengthened to 334.9ft, new tonnage: 2,356 gross, new compounded engines, renamed "Phoenican"Atlantic Journey ID 661
 1873  Glasgow  June 11  Quebec  June 27 Dublin (Kingstown)Transatlantc ID
 1873  Glasgow  July 24  Quebec  Aug. 07 Liverpool 1873-07-26Transatlantc ID
 1873  Glasgow  Sept. 02  Quebec  Sept. 16 Transatlantc ID
 1873  Glasgow  Oct. 17  Quebec  Nov. 03 Transatlantc ID
 1874  Glasgow  May 05  Quebec  May 24 Transatlantc ID
 1874  Glasgow  June 27  Quebec  July 10 Transatlantc ID
 1874  Glasgow  Aug. 11  Quebec  Aug. 25 BelfastTransatlantc ID
 1874  Glasgow  Sept. 23  Quebec  Oct. 06 Transatlantc ID
 1875  Glasgow  Apr. 20  Quebec  May 07 Liverpool 1875-04-21Transatlantc ID
 1875  Glasgow  June 08  Quebec  June 23 Transatlantc ID
 1875  Glasgow  July 27  Quebec  Aug. 10 BelfastTransatlantc ID
 1875  Glasgow  Sept. 10  Quebec  Sept. 24 Transatlantc ID
 1875  Glasgow  Oct. 26  Quebec  Nov. 05 Transatlantc ID
 1876  Liverpool  Apr. 16  Quebec  May 10 GlasgowTransatlantc ID
 1876  Glasgow  June 07  Quebec  June 21 Transatlantc ID
 1876  Glasgow  July 19  Quebec  July 31 Transatlantc ID
 1876  Glasgow  Oct. 10  Quebec  Oct. 25 Transatlantc ID
 1877  Glasgow  Apr. 17  Quebec  May 03 Transatlantc ID
 1877  Glasgow  May 30  Quebec  June 14 Transatlantc ID
 1877  Glasgow  July 11  Quebec  July 22 Transatlantc ID
 1877  Glasgow  Aug. 24  Quebec  Sept. 04 Transatlantc ID
 1878  Glasgow  May 02  Quebec  May 15 Transatlantc ID
 1878  Glasgow  June 14  Quebec  June 26 Transatlantc ID
 1878  Glasgow  July 25  Quebec  Aug. 07 Transatlantc ID
 1878  Glasgow  Sept. 05  Quebec  Sept. 18 Transatlantc ID
 1878  Glasgow  Oct. 24  Quebec  Nov. 06 Transatlantc ID
 1879  Glasgow  Apr. 23  Quebec  May 06 Liverpool 1879-04-24Transatlantc ID
 1879  Glasgow  June 05  Quebec  June 16 Transatlantc ID
 1879  Glasgow  July 16  Quebec  July 27 Transatlantc ID
 1879  Glasgow  Aug. 27  Quebec  Sept. 09 Transatlantc ID
 1879  Glasgow  Oct. 09  Quebec  Oct. 19 Transatlantc ID
 1880  Glasgow  May 28  Quebec  June 12 Transatlantc ID
 1880  Glasgow  July 08  Quebec  July 18 Transatlantc ID
 1880  Glasgow  Aug. 19  Quebec  Aug. 31 Transatlantc ID
 1881  Glasgow  Aug. 10  Halifax  Aug. 26 BostonTransatlantc ID
 1882  Liverpool  Apr. 11  Halifax  Apr. 25 Londonderry - BaltimoreTransatlantc ID
 1882  Liverpool  May 23  Halifax  June 02 Queenstown - St. Johns - BaltimoreTransatlantc ID
 1882  Liverpool     Halifax  July 16 St. Johns - BaltimoreTransatlantc ID
 1882  Glasgow  Aug. 23  Halifax  Sept. 05 BostonTransatlantc ID
 1883  Glasgow  Aug. 10  Quebec  Aug. 22 Transatlantc ID
 1884  Liverpool  Aug. 27  Halifax  Sept. 08 Glasgow 1884-08-28 - Philadelphia 1884-09-10Transatlantc ID
 1886  London  May 20  Quebec  June 04 Plymouth 1886-05-22Transatlantc ID
 1886  London  July 08  Quebec  July 21 Transatlantc ID
 1886  London  Aug. 20  Quebec  Sept. 03 Transatlantc ID
 1886  London  Oct. 01  Quebec  Oct. 18 MontrealTransatlantc ID
 1888  Re-engined with quadruple expansion engines by Denny, DumbartonAtlantic Journey ID 658
 1888  Glasgow  Sept. 13  Halifax  Sept. 24 PhiladelphiaTransatlantc ID
 1905  Scrapped at GenoaAtlantic Journey ID 659
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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