SS City of Philadelphia (1854) explained
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 7, 1854, she was wrecked near Cape Race on her maiden voyage, without loss of life.[1] [2]
Notes and References
- Book: Gibbs, C. R. Vernon . Passenger Liners of the Western Ocean: A Record of Atlantic Steam and Motor Passenger Vessels from 1838 to the Present Day . John De Graff . 1957 . 116.
- News: Loss of the City of Philadelphia . The Morning Chronicle . London . 27 September 1854 . 27382 .