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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | S.S. Oregon (Screw Steamer). Rigging (No.274) |
| Date | 1883-1884 |
| Document Type | Ship Plan |
| Library / Archive | National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives & Library |
| Biographical Note / History | The SS Oregon launched for the Guion Line on 23 June 1883 and made her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York on 6 October 1883. In April 1884 she made a voyage that won the Blue Riband as the fastest liner on the Atlantic. Later that year she was returned to her builders after the Guion Line came into financial difficulty, and was sold to the Cunard Steam Ship Company in May 1884, for whom she continued to make record breaking voyages. A Russian war scare in 1885 meant that she was briefly taken up as an Armed Cruiser by the British Admiralty but she returned to service in November of that year. She sunk after a collision 18 miles east of Long Island, New York on 14 March 1886. All passengers survived. |
| Theme(s) | Ships and Shipping Lines |
| Country (from) | Great Britain |
| Country (to) | United States of America |
| Ports | Liverpool, England; New York City, United States |
| Ships | SS Oregon |
| Scale | 1/8 inch = 1 foot. Original plan: 191 x 68cm |
| Shipping Company | Guion Line; Cunard Steam Ship Company |
| Shipwright | John Elder & Co, Glasgow |
| Dimensions | 521 ft long; 7,375 tons; 1,442 passenger capacity – 340 first class, 92 intermediate class, 10 third class, 1,000 steerage class |
| Keywords | shipping, Guion Line, Cunard Line, shipwreck |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives & Library |
