SS La Bourgogne Archival Collection
La Bourgogne (1886) French Line
Built by Chantiers de la Mediterranee, La Seyne, France. Tonnage: 7,395. Dimensions: 495' x 52'. Single-screw, 17 l/2 knots. Compound engines. Four masts and two funnels. Launched: October 8, 1885. Maiden voyage: Havre-New York, June 19, 1886. Refits: Converted to quadruple expansion engines in 1897. Note: The only one of the "quartet" that did not have two of the four original masts removed. Fate: In collision with British sailing ship Cromartyshire off Sable Island, July 4, 1898, and sunk with the loss of 549 lives. Sister ships: La Bretagne, La Champagne and La Gascogne.
1888-03-10 SS La Bourgogne Passenger List
Steamship Line: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique / French Line (CGT)
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 10 March 1888
Route: Le Havre for New York
Commander: Captain Frangeul
1891-07-25 SS La Bourgogne Passenger List
Steamship Line: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique / French Line (CGT)
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 25 July 1891
Route: New York to Le Havre
Commander: Captain LeBœuf
Back Cover, SS La Bourgogne Passenger List, 10 March 1888. GGA Image ID # 1ec5dbdb20
SS La Bourgogne Famous Travelers During 1889
EDISON, the celebrated electrician, was the social lion among the passengers on La Bourgogne, of the French Line, hence for Havre recently, and may have mentally called out for deliverance from his friends. The Right Rev. Bishop Littlejohn, of Long Island, was a fellow passenger. The French steamships have carried a remarkably large number of eminent and celebrated people to Europe the last six months.
Source: Ocean: Magazine of Travel, Vol. III, No. 2, September 1889, Page 43
