SS City of Glasgow
City of Glasgow by Edward Duncan | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | City of Glasgow |
| Namesake | Glasgow |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Route |
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| Ordered | 1849 |
| Builder | Tod & Macgregor, Partick, Glasgow |
| Yard number | 57 |
| Launched | 28 February 1850 |
| Christened | 28 February 1850 by Miss M. Galbraith |
| Completed | April 1850 |
| Maiden voyage | 16 April 1850 |
| Fate | Lost at sea March 1854 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tons burthen | 1,610 bom |
| Length | 227.5 ft (69.3 m) |
| Beam | 32.7 ft (10.0 m) |
| Depth | 24.7 ft (7.5 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | 3-masted barque |
| Capacity | 137 cabin passengers as built. 400 steerage added later. |
| Crew | 70 |
SS City of Glasgow of 1850 was a single-screw iron hulled passenger steamship of the Inman Line. Based on ideas pioneered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain of 1845, City of Glasgow established that Atlantic steamships could be operated profitably without government subsidy. After a refit in 1852, she was also the first Atlantic steamship to carry steerage passengers, representing a significant improvement in the conditions experienced by immigrants. In March 1854 City of Glasgow vanished while enroute from Liverpool to Philadelphia with 480 passengers and crew aboard.