The City of Baltimore screw steam ship 2464 Tons, 500 Horse Power, 347 Feet Long... To the Liverpool & Philadelphia Steam Ship Company

Hand coloured lithograph depicting the City of Baltimore, a British steam ship launched in 1855. Chartered by the French as a transport to the Crimea even before her launch, she belonged to the Inman Line and was considered a fast ship. In 1874 she belonged to the Hall Line and had the name Fivaller, and in 1882 owned by Spaniards and named Benicarlo, where she was re-engined and run as a tramp. (H. Parker and F. C. Bowen, Mail and Passenger Steam Ships of the XIXth Century, pp. 56-7).

Object Details

ID: PAH9012
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Isaac, John R.
Vessels: City of Baltimore (1855)
Date made: Jan 1858
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 467 x 681 mm