Goth
Ship Number
263
Vessel Type
Passenger Ship
Built
Belfast
Launch Date
16 March 1893
Delivered
8 June 1893
Owner
Union Steamship Co.
Weight
4738 grt
BP Length
400 feet
Breadth
47 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
11.5 knots
Propulsion
Official No.
98866
Registered
Southampton
Fate
Wrecked
 Goth

One funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 11.5 knots. There was accommodation for 50-1st, 60-2nd and 60-3rd class passengers, but 'tween deck conversion could give further open accommodation for 500 emigrants she was sister of the Gaul she was deployed on the Intermediate service. Transferred to Union-Castle on the merger in 1900 she was then used as a Boer War troopship until 1902 when she returned to commercial service.
 
In October 1910 she joined Guelph on the Round Africa service and in 1913 was sold to Royal Mail S.P. Company after being replaced by the Carisbrooke Castle.
 
As the Cobequid she was given a black hull and operated on the Canada - Bermuda - West Indies route.
 
On 13th January 1915 she was wrecked on the Trinity Ledge in the Bay of Fundy without loss of life whilst inbound on her first voyage to St. John.
 
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