SS Nomadic (1891)

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SS Nomadic
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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
Name
  • SS Nomadic (1891-1904)
  • SS Cornishman (1904-1926)
Owner
Port of registry Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Liverpool, UK (1894-1923)
Builder Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number236
Launched11 February 1891
Completed14 April 1891
Maiden voyage24 April 1891
FateScrapped in 1926
General characteristics
TypeLivestock carrier
Tonnage5,749  GRT
Length460 feet 10 inches (140.46 m)
Beam49 feet 1 inch (14.96 m)
Speed13 knots (24 km/h)

SS Nomadic was a steamship of the White Star Line. She was laid down in 1891, as yard number 236 at Harland and Wolff Shipyards, Belfast, as a livestock carrier and completed on 14 April 1891. [1] She sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York on 24 April 1891 and spent the next few years on this service. She was requisitioned as a troopship and horse transport in October 1899 and spent the two years of the Boer War on this service, making three trips to the cape under the designation 'HM Transport No. 34'. [2]

She was transferred to the Dominion Line in 1903, as part of the reorganisation of the IMM Co. and was renamed SS Cornishman in 1904. In 1911, another SS Nomadic was made. [3] She made voyages to the US and Canada, continuing to sail these routes after her transfer to Frederick Leyland & Co. in 1921. She was finally withdrawn from service and scrapped in 1926. [2]

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