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Andrew Cassidy
Origin: Donegal,
Ireland
Date of Arrival: April 1, 1912
Age on Arrival: 23
Marital Status: Single
Ship Name: Caledonia
Point of Departure: Londonderry, County Ulster, Ireland
Met by:
Cousin, Patrick Bradley of Bayonne
The Caledonia
From EllisIslandRecords.org: Built by D. & W. Henderson &
Company, Glasgow, Scotland, 1904. 9223 gross tons; 500 (bp) feet
long; 58 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, twin
screw. Service speed 16 knots. 1428 passengers ( 383 first class,
216 second class, 829 third class ).
Built for Anchor Line, British flag, in 1904 and named
Caledonia. Glasgow-New York service. Used as a British troopship
1914-16. Torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Malta in 1916.
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