SS Yarmouth |
| History |
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| Canada |
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| Name | Yarmouth |
| Owner | Yarmouth Steamship Company, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. |
| Port of registry | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Builder | Archibald McMillan & Son, of Dumbarton, Scotland |
| Yard number | 276 |
| Way number | 93373 |
| Launched | 28 February 1887 |
| Maiden voyage | April 1887 |
| In service | 7 May 1887 |
| Out of service | 1922 |
| Canada |
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| Owner | North American SS Corp.Ltd. (Yarmouth Steamship Company), Yarmouth Nova Scotia |
| Operator | Black Star Line of Canada Ltd |
| Fate | Broken up 1922 at Philadelphia by Pottsdown Steel Co. |
| General characteristics |
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| Type | passenger / cargo |
| Tonnage | 1432 grt, 746 nrt |
| Length | 220.3 ft |
| Beam | 35.2ft |
| Draft | 12.7 ft |
| Depth | 13.3 ft |
| Installed power | steam. T3Cy26"41" & 65 x 42" 260nhp, 1 screw, D. Rowan & Son, Glasgow |
| Propulsion | steel screw steamer – coaster |
| Speed | 14 knots |
The SS Yarmouth was a steamship notable for its part in developing Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and connecting it to Boston, Massachusetts. Later in life it had a central role as the flagship of the Marcus Garvey initiative the Black Star Line. Marcus Garvey, known as the "black Moses", was a "back to Africa" evangelist, and his ideas, although radical and controversial in his own time and today, still remain influential. The Black Star Line's name, a play on the White Star Line, is remembered in the flag of Ghana.
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