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SIRIUS / COLUMBIA / SCANDINAVIA / KAHULUI / CLEVELAND

BUILT IN 1865 BY C EARL IN HULL FOR HENRY WILSON & CO. SHE WAS ORIGINALLY LAUNCHED WITH TWO MASTS , BUT WAS LENGTHEN AND HAD ONE MORE MAST ADDED IN A RE-BUILD IN 1872. SHE WAS CHARTERED OUT TO WHITE STAR, AND USED ON THE MEDITERRANEAN RUN. SHE WAS SOLD IN 1866 AND RE-NAMED 'COLUMBIA'. IN 1868 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE ANCHOR LINE AND RE-NAMED 'SCANDINAVIA'. SHE WAS SOLD AGAIN IN 1888 TO C.FURNESS AND REVERTED  BACK TO HER ORIGINAL NAME.SOLD AGAIN IN 1893 TO A COMPANY BASED IN SAN FRANCISCO , BUT RETAINED HER NAME.IN 1894 SHE WAS SOLD TO A HONOLULU COMPANY, C .NELSON AND OPERATED BETWEEN HONOLULU AND SAN FRANCISCO AND RE-NAMED 'KAHULUI'.TRANSFERRED IN 1898 TO SAN FRANCISCO AND RE-NAMED 'CLEVELAND'  ( SAME OWNERS ) SHE WAS WRECKED ON CAPE RODNEY ALASKA IN 1900.

 

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