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| Keywords: SS Trinidad and Bermudian sloops.jpg Uploaded with en wp UW marker 2016 10 02 The passenger liner SS Trinidad of the New York and Bermuda Royal Mail Line of the Quebec Steamship Company in Bermuda circa 1890 The Trinidad was built in 1884 for the Quebec and Gulf Ports Steamship Co which was renamed Quebec Steamship Co in 1880 She was rebuilt in Sunderland England in 1893 during which she was lengthened from 270 to 320 feet the photograph shows her before this rebuild She was sunk by torpedo in 1918 The boats moored in the foreground are traditional Bermudian working sloops fitted with the Bermuda rig and used in a wide variety of roles in local waters Original publication circa 1890<br/> Immediate source Copy from print cicra 1890 James Bell Heyl<br/> Life time 1826-1905 Buried 7 January 1905 at St John's Church Pembroke Bermuda PD-old-100-1923 Uncategorized 2016 November 28 | ||||
