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with a cargo of flour. Portions of wreckage of the missing vessel-consisting of the Port side and forward upper bulwarks five feet (1.5 m) wide and 12 feet (3.7 m) long along with the passenger gangway were found a mile on the ice near
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was approximately 200 feet (61 m) in length—217 feet (66 m) overall—with a beam of 35 feet (11 m)â40 feet (12 m) over the guardsâand moulded depth of 15 feet (4.6 m). She had a tonnage of 1,123
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was described as a "masterpiece", with "lines ... as symmetrical and beautiful as any yacht". She was considered to be the premier ship of the Graham and Morton Line, and one of the finest vessels on
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s finest steamers, she was lost with all hands in
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388:References
281:gross tons
187:Propulsion
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