TAINIU / COVADONGA / ASTORIA

BUILT IN DUMBARTON BY Wm DENNY AND BROTHERS, AND LAUNCHED IN 1884 ON 2ND SEPTEMBER. SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO ARAWA/1ST.

SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE SPANISH FLAG IN 1896 AND USED AS A TROOPSHIP DOWN TO CUBA. AT THIS TIME SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'COVADONGA'.

SHE CAME BACK TO SHAW SAVILL IN 1898.

IN 1899 SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE ALLAN LINE AND RAN FROM LIVERPOOL TO QUEBEC AND MONTREAL.SHE DID THREE VOYAGES THAT YEAR TO QUEBEC, AGAIN CHARTERED BY THE ALLAN LINE.THE SAME YEAR SHE DID TWO VOYAGES TO QUEBEC, CHARTERED THIS TIME BY THE AMERICAN LINE. 

SHE WAS SOLD TO THE ANCHOR LINE  ON 22ND NOVEMBER OF 1899  ( THE PICTURE ABOVE SHOWS HER IN ALLAN LINE COLOURS/MARKINGS ) AND SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'ASTORIA'.

 SHE WAS LAID UP IN 1908 AND SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN GERMANY IN 1911.