oceanic i (1871)

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    Plans for Oceanic II, Teutonic and Britannic I/Germanic

    Hi! Does anyone know if/where I can find plans for the Teutonic, Oceanic 2, Britannic 1 or the Germanic? I have bits and pieces of these plans but no full ones. Thanks, Levi
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    News from 1885: Detention of Chinese passengers on Oceanic I

    MAB note: This series of articles---which starts off so innocuously---will later become representative of the "welcome" Chinese immigrants received in the Alta around this time. Daily Alta California, San Francisco, 7 January 1885 Retrieved from the California Digital Newspaper Collection web...
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    News from 1872: Oceanic I Rescues the Crew of Mountain Eagle

    Trying to verify J. W. Shackford as officer who was on lifeboat rescue Multiple obituaries of Captain John William Shackford (1839-1905) state that he was a first officer on the Oceanic and in January 1872 was on the lifeboat that rescued the crew of the Mountain Eagle. Wondering if there is...
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    News from 1895: The end of Oceanic I

    MAB note: As it turned out, Oceanic never returned to San Francisco after her 12 February departure for Hong Kong. Once she reached Belfast, it was decided that the cost of overhauling her again was prohibitive, and she was scrapped. The San Francisco Call, 3 February 1895 Retrieved...
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    News from 1889: Oceanic I sets a record

    Daily Alta California, San Francisco, 12 November 1889 Retrieved from the California Digital Newspaper Collection web site, http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=p&p=home THE OCEANIC'S FAST TRIP --- A Passage From Yokohama Made in 13 Days and 14 Hours --- *** --- *** The steamship...
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    News from 1888: Oceanic I sinks City of Chester

    MAB Notes: 1. In the days following, the death toll was fixed at 13 passengers and three crew of the City of Chester. 2. This article accounts for a bit over two columns out of the seven columns of material which appeared in the Alta the day after the collision. The rest, including...
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    News from 1875: Maiden San Francisco arrival of Oceanic I

    From 1875 until 1906 White Star ships regularly called at San Francisco. During those years Oceanic I, 1875-95; Belgic I, 1875-85; Gaelic I, 1875-83; Arabic I, 1882-87 and 1888-89; Coptic, 1882-83 and 1895-1906; Belgic II, 1885-98; Gaelic II, 1885-1904; and Doric I, 1896-1906, were chartered by...
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