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Steamship RMS Niagara

Steamship RMS Niagara 0

Classification

Ship class:
​America-class steamship

Basic information

Country of build:
Builder:
Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
Status:
Decommissioned

Ship measurements

Displacement:
1,850 t
Length:
77 m
Beam:
12 m

Machine

Propulsion:
  • Napier two-cylinder side-lever steam engine, 1,400 ihp (1,000 kW), paddle wheels
Speed:
10 knots

Niagara was launched in August 1847 and departed on her maiden voyage in May 1848. She was chartered as a troop carrier during the Crimean War. Niagara remained in the fleet until 1866 when she was sold for conversion to a sailing ship. On June 6, 1875, she was wrecked near South Stack, Anglesey.

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