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Name: NEVADA
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/10/1868
Completed: 1868
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 234
Dimensions: 3121grt, 2020nrt, 345.6 x 43.4 x 20.0ft
Engines: 2cyl (60 & 60 x 42ins), 350hp; (1881: C2cyl (40 & 80 x 60ins), 400nhp)
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow; (1881: G Forrester & Co, Liverpool)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 58957
History:
11/01/1869 Liverpool & Great Western Steamship Co Ltd (Guion & Co), Liverpool
1894 Dominion Line, Liverpool; renamed HAMILTON
1896 Broken up
Comments: Built for the Liverpool & Queenstown to New York service
Accommodation for 72 x 1st Class & 800 x 2nd Class passengers
1871: Depth increased to 27.7ft
1881: Re-engined
1896: Broken up in Italy


Above photo as NEVADA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as NEVADA is courtesy of Photoship