British Empire
Ship Number
118
Vessel Type
Passenger / Cargo Ship
Built
Belfast
Launch Date
18 May 1878
Delivered
10 August 1878
Owner
British Shipowners Ltd
Weight
3361 grt
BP Length
390-4 feet
Breadth
38-6 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
12 knots
Propulsion
300 nhp Compound Inverted (4 Cyl) by G Forrester & Co., Liverpool.
Official No.
78797
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Scrapped
 British Empire

[Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors]

One funnel, four masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 12 knots she was purchased in 1886 by the Nederlandsche-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij (Holland America Line), and renamed Rotterdam (the second of several vessels of that name owned by the line); accommodation for 70 passengers in 1st class, 70 in 2nd class, and 800 in steerage.
 
1895, renamed Edam (to make way for a new steamship named Rotterdam); 1899, scrapped in Italy.
 
[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3,p.940]