The SS Majestic Passenger Ship
The SS Majestic
The SS Majestic was a huge old White Star Line ship, one of several ships to have had this name. This liner had a displacement of 10,150-tons and had, for a time, been under the command of Captain E. J. Smith (Captain of the ill-fated Titanic). It was holder of the Blue Riband in 1891 for a Liverpool - New York crossing of 5 days, 18 hours and 8 minutes, at an average speed of 20 knots.
In 1893, Ann Burgham (age 54), of Liverpool (England), travelled on the Majestic from Liverpool to New York, with Eva D. Burgham, aged 22, Thomas E. Burgham (aged 20) and Silvester Burgham (aged 14). They arrived at Ellis Island on 10th May 1893.
On 16th April 1914, a Sheffield-based scrap firm, Thomas Ward's, bought Majestic for the sum of £26,700, and 3 weeks later arrived at Morecambe, Lancashire under her own steam for breaking up.
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The SS Majestic was a huge old White Star Line ship, one of several ships to have had this name. This liner had a displacement of 10,150-tons and had, for a time, been under the command of Captain E. J. Smith (Captain of the ill-fated Titanic). It was holder of the Blue Riband in 1891 for a Liverpool - New York crossing of 5 days, 18 hours and 8 minutes, at an average speed of 20 knots.
In 1893, Ann Burgham (age 54), of Liverpool (England), travelled on the Majestic from Liverpool to New York, with Eva D. Burgham, aged 22, Thomas E. Burgham (aged 20) and Silvester Burgham (aged 14). They arrived at Ellis Island on 10th May 1893.
On 16th April 1914, a Sheffield-based scrap firm, Thomas Ward's, bought Majestic for the sum of £26,700, and 3 weeks later arrived at Morecambe, Lancashire under her own steam for breaking up.
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