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FRANCONIA

FRANCONIA WAS A VESSEL OF 1,600 TONS WHICH THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED IN 1850

SHE SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL TO PHILADELPHIA 13TH OCTOBER 1846

SHE SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL TO PHILADELPHIA 5TH MAY 1846

SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL ON 22ND JUNE 1847

SHE LEFT GLASGOW 1ST MAY 1850 BOUND FOR NEW YORK ARRIVING 29TH MAY 1850 ITH CAPTAIN BOYLE IN COMMAND ( ITS POSSIBLE THIS WAS THE   WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED VOYAGE )



A VESSEL CALLED FRANCONIA WAS IN COLLISION WITH THE VESSEL STRATHCLYDE ON 17TH FEBRUARY 1876

 HER MASTER WAS CAPTAIN KEYN WHO WAS CHARGED WITH MAN SLAUGHTER DUE TO HIS UNWILLINESS TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO THE STRICKEN SHIP ( HE WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH GETTING HIS OWN SHIP INTO DOVER SAFELY, THE PILOT BEING IN AGREEMENT WITH HIM )

ITS UNLIKELY THAT THIS WAS THE SAME VESSEL