The Duke of Devonshire Passenger Ship
The Duke of Devonshire
The SS Duke of Devonshire was built at Barrow in 1873 for the Eastern Steamship Company of London and initially operated between England and Calcutta. It was later owned by the Duke of Devonshire Steamship Company. Weighing 3,257 tons gross, it was a four-masted iron screw steamer of 278 horse power.
William Burgum, age 25, and Alice Burgum, age 21, ("RR" family tree) travelled on the "Duke of Devonshire" and departed from London on 21st May 1901 and arrived in Brisbane on the 17th July 1901. The picture (left) shows the ship moored at the coal wharves in South Brisbane harbour in about 1898.
The SS Duke of Devonshire completed its last voyage from London, via the Suez Canal, to Djakarta and then Brisbane in 1902. The ship was sold to Italy in 1903, but then scrapped later the same year.
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The SS Duke of Devonshire was built at Barrow in 1873 for the Eastern Steamship Company of London and initially operated between England and Calcutta. It was later owned by the Duke of Devonshire Steamship Company. Weighing 3,257 tons gross, it was a four-masted iron screw steamer of 278 horse power.
William Burgum, age 25, and Alice Burgum, age 21, ("RR" family tree) travelled on the "Duke of Devonshire" and departed from London on 21st May 1901 and arrived in Brisbane on the 17th July 1901. The picture (left) shows the ship moored at the coal wharves in South Brisbane harbour in about 1898.
The SS Duke of Devonshire completed its last voyage from London, via the Suez Canal, to Djakarta and then Brisbane in 1902. The ship was sold to Italy in 1903, but then scrapped later the same year.
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