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City of Brooklyn

Passenger Steamer · Lost 1885 · The Gulf of St Lawrence

The former Inman liner City of Brooklyn was wrecked on Anticosti Island on November 8, 1885, without loss of life.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Built at Glasgow in 1868 by Tod & McGregor for the Inman Line, the 370-foot iron screw steamer City of Brooklyn carried passengers between Liverpool and New York. On November 8, 1885, she was wrecked on Anticosti Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. No lives were lost.

Vessel

Built: 1868
Builder: Tod & McGregor
Yard: Glasgow, Scotland
Material: Iron
Length: 370 ft
Beam: 42 ft
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Steam (screw)
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: November 8, 1885
Cause: Grounding
Location: Anticosti Island
Water: Gulf of St. Lawrence
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: 0
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Anticosti Island, Quebec
Region: The Gulf of St Lawrence

No pin: no surveyed wreck position in the sources used.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Sparsely documented (50/100)

Based on a published secondary account; original records were not independently inspected.

Wikipedia — SS City of Brooklyn
Article narrative of construction, voyage and loss (secondary summary of cited books and newspapers).
Norway Heritage — City of Brooklyn, Inman Line
Built 1868 at Glasgow by Tod & McGregor for the Inman Line; 2,911 gross tons.