Tod & Macgregor
SS City of Glasgow
British passenger ship
History
SS City of Glasgow was a single-screw iron hulled passenger steamship of the Inman Line. Based on ideas pioneered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain, SS City of Glasgow established that Atlantic steamships could be operated profitably without government subsidy. After a refit in 1852, she was also the first Atlantic steamship to carry steerage passengers, representing a significant improvement in the conditions experienced by immigrants. In March 1854 SS City of Glasgow vanished while enroute from Liverpool to Philadelphia with 480 passengers and crew aboard.
Text: Wikipedia — SS City of Glasgow (1850), CC BY-SA 4.0
Further Reading
Ship Facts & Specifications
Length
227.5 ft
Beam
32.7 ft
Passengers
137 cabin passengers as built. 400 steerage added later.
Crew
70
Builder
Tod & Macgregor, Partick, Glasgow
Yard number
57
Launched
28 February 1850
Maiden voyage
16 April 1850
Owner
1850: Tod & Macgregor; 1850–54: Inman Line
Port of registry
Glasgow
Propulsion
2-cylinder beam engine
Fate
Lost at sea March 1854
