City of Paris (1865)

Later names:
Tonquin (1884)

Builder:
Tod & McGregor
Glasgow, Scotland
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1865
Launched:
December 13, 1865
Type:
Passenger
Completed:
March 1866
Fate:

Sunk Mar. 4, 1885 in collision with Maurice et Réunion.

Location: Mediterranean Sea, off Malaga, Spain.

24 crewmen killed, 38 survivors.


Owner
Inman & International Steamship Company
(Inman Line)
Liverpool, England
1874:
French owners


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
346' (a)
Engines:
1
Beam:
40' 4"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
N/A
Shafts:
1
Gross Tons:
2,556 (a)
HP:
N/A
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
13
Crew:
N/A
Funnels:
1
Passengers:
550
Masts:
3 (rigged for sail)
Construction notes
(a):
Refit in 1870, lengthened to 398' and 3,081 GRT.


Timeline
Mar. 21, 1866:
Maiden voyage Liverpool - Queenstown - New York.
1870:
Refit, lengthened to 398' and 3,081 GRT.
May 5, 1870:
Resumed Liverpool - New York service.
1879:
Refit with compound engine at G. Forrester & Company Liverpool, England.
Apr. 14, 1880:
Resumed Liverpool - New York service.
1884:
Sold to French owners and renamed Tonquin.
Mar. 4, 1885:
Sunk in collision off Malaga, Spain.


Builder's Data
Page published Feb. 4, 2009