ADRIATIC

BUILT BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST IN 1872.IN 1874 SHE COLLIDED WITH 'PARTHIA' ( CUNARD LINE ) COMING OUT OF NEW YORK,MINIMAL DAMAGE TO BOTH VESSELS.IN 1875 SHE  RAN DOWN THE UNITED STATES VESSEL 'COLUMBUS' AND SANK HER.IN THE SAME YEAR SHE  RAMMED AND SANK THE 'HARVEST QUEEN' IN ST.GEORGE'S CHANNEL. IN 1878 SHE RAMMED THE VESSEL G.A. 'PIKE', WHILST OF THE TUSKAR ROCK.SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN PRESTON ABOUT 1899.