&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:SS_City_of_Paris_1866.jpg) Inman's City of Paris of 1866
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| History | |
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| Name | City of Paris |
| Owner | &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Inman_Line_house_flag.svg){kind=small} Inman Line |
| Route | Atlantic crossing. |
| Builder | Tod and Macgregor, Partick, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Launched | December 1865 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steamship |
| Tonnage | 2650 tons |
| Length | 346 ft (105 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Sail plan | 3 masts |
| Capacity | Post 1870 refit- 150 saloon and 400 steerage. |
City of Paris was a British passenger liner operated by the Inman Line that established that a ship driven by a screw could match the speed of the paddlers on the Atlantic crossing. Built by Tod and Macgregor, she served the Inman Line until 1884 when she was converted to a cargo ship.[1]
- ^ Gibbs, C. R. Vernon (1957). Passenger Liners of the Western Ocean: A Record of Atlantic Steam and Motor Passenger Vessels from 1838 to the Present Day. John De Graff.