Owner Inman Line Type Steamship Launched 1854 Tonnage 1.95 million kg | Route Atlantic crossing. Beam 37 ft (11 m) Length 89 m | |
Name SS City of Philadelphia Fate On September 9, 1854, wrecked near Cape Race on maiden voyage | ||
The SS City of Philadelphia was an iron-hulled single screw passenger steam ship owned by the Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam Ship Company, also known as the "Inman Line."
The third vessel owned by the company, City of Philadelphia was an improvement on the design of SS City of Manchester.
On September 9, 1854, she was wrecked near Cape Race on her maiden voyage, without loss of life.
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