S.S. California
Built by A. Stephen & Sons in Glasggow the S.S. California was launched for the Anchor Line on the 12th of March 1872. Her first voyage was on June 15th that same year leaving Glasgow to Moville, Ireland, and New York staying on this route until 1878. From 1878-1882 she transferred to the London-New York service. Between 1882 and 1887 the S.S.California sailed along the Glasgow, Liverpool, Calcutta, and Bombay routes. Between 1888 and 1904 she sailed the Mediterranean – New York service. Her last voyage began on the 16th of February 1904 leaving Marseilles for Genoa, Naples, Palmero, and New York. In December of that year, she was scrapped in Genoa, Italy.
• Length: 110.18 m (361 ft 5 in)
• Beam: 12.34 m (40 ft 5 in)
• Propulsion: single screw, one funnel, three masts
• Speed: 13 knots (14-15 Mph)
• Capacity: 3,287 tons
• Occupancy: 150 1st class, 80 2nd class, and 700 3rd class passengers
Ancestors Traveled
Anna Toretto (Born: 1878) and sister and brother Vincenza and Andrea traveled to the new land in America aboard this ship in May 1898 from the port of Naples, ItalyFilippo Lomedico (Born: 1862) was aboard this ship with is wife Angela Cimino (Born: 1865), his sons Giuseppe Lomedico (Born: 1889) and Ottavio Lomedico (Born: 1891), and his daughter Maddalena Lomedico (Born: 1896) were on this ship while crossing the Atlantic from Palermo, Italy to experience new life in the United States.