2,968 gross tons, length 330.3ft x beam 40.1ft, single screw, speed 10 knots, accommodation for 40-1st class passengers.

Launched by A. McMilland & Co., Dumbarton on 22nd Feb.1882 and entered service for the Clan Line (Cayzer, Irvine & Co.) in May 1882.

Used on the Glasgow - Liverpool / Birkenhead - Suez Canal - Bombay / Calcutta service. 1899 converted to triple expansion engines by Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Barrow.

1904 sold to Essajee Tajbhoy (Shah Steam Nav. Co.), Bombay and renamed SHAH ALLUM. 10th Jun.1909 inbound Rangoon to Bhavnagar, India, wrecked on Piram Cogho Island, Gogra.

[Merchant Fleets, vol.33 by Duncan Haws]

Master

From

To

E N Cobbett

1882

1886

Millar

1886


Alexanderson

1891

1893

P C Crockett

1893

1894

A J Barham

1895

1897

J A McPherson

1897

1897

D S Smith

1897

1899

H S Sumner

1899

1900

W N Oliver

1900

1902

J C Hunter

1902

1903

E Harris

1903

1904

Career Summary

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Clan Buchanan (1)

1882

2968

85927

Archilbald McMillan

Dumbarton

David Rowe

Glasgow

Compound Steam

223 NHP

2000 IHP

1

Clan Buchanan (1)

WJFV

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