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Andrew Cassidy |
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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, New Jersey
The Caledonia
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. 1,428 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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