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| Built by J. & G. Thomson Limited, Glasgow, Scotland, 1888,
10,499 gross tons; 560 (BP) feet long; 60 feet wide. Service speed 20 knots. 1,740 passengers (540 first class, 200 second class, 1,000 third class). Built for Inman & International Steamship Company, in 1888. Named City of New York. Liverpool-New York service. World�s fastest ship1892-93. Sold to American Line, in 1893 and renamed New York. Renamed USS Harvard in 1898. Served briefly for US Navy in 1898 during the Spanish American War. Renamed New York in 1898. Renamed USS Plattsburg in 1917. Armed merchant cruiser service. Reverted to American Line as New York in 1919. Sold in 1919, to Polish Navigation Company. New York-Danzig service. New York-Mediterranean service in 1922. Scrapped at Genoa in 1923. |
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| Ada Jane Carter, wife of William Heath and daughter-in-law of Thomas, with their three children left Southampton, England on August 13, 1904. Ada and children arrived in New York on August 21, 1904. Their last residence was Cannock, Staffs. Ada had purchased her ticket to her final destination of Bay City, Michigan. She had $40.00 with her and was to meet her husband, W. Heath, residence Salzburg, Bay City, Michigan. Ada and Freda could read and write, Rex was four years-old, and Ida was two. |
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