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City of Chester, purchased in October 1876 by the Oregon Steamship Company to replace the steamer John L. Stephnes, left New York December 29, 1876 for San Francisco. The ship was the first to use the newly opened East River channel through Hell Gate then passing around South America through the Strait of Magellan. After voyage repairs at San ...
RMS City of Chester was a British passenger steamship that sailed on the transatlantic route from 1873 to 1898. The ship was built by Caird & Company of Greenock for the Inman Line . At 4,566 tons she became the largest passenger ship afloat when launched on 29 March 1873 – a title she held until the 5,000-ton Britannic was launched in ...
A painting of Oceanic (left) standing by the sinking City of Chester. On 22 August 1888, Oceanic collided with the coastal liner SS City of Chester just outside the Golden Gate; the latter ship sank, killing 16 on board. [4] [page needed]
The coastal steamer City of Chester, bound for Eureka with 90 passengers on the morning of August 22, 1888, sank six minutes after colliding with the liner Oceanic, which was arriving from Asia. Initial news reports criticized the Chinese crew of the Oceanic , but they were later praised after their bravery in rescuing many passengers from the ...
Castor (1917 ship) Ceres (1787 EIC ship) CSS Chattahoochee; Cheche Disaster; SS Chester (1884) CSS Chickamauga; Cicero (1796 ship) City of Hawkinsville (shipwreck) City of Medicine Hat (sternwheeler) Clotilda (slave ship) USS Commodore Jones
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Authorities in Egypt say a luxury yacht that set off with 44 people from the Red Sea port of Ghalib for a week-long diving trip sank, with 32 rescued and 8 still missing.
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