Mallory Line Steamer San Jacinto, 1904
oil on canvas, 24" x 42" (30” x 48” framed)
Signed LR, Listed on page 63 of The Check List, 2nd Addenda List- (see below)
SOLD
Steamship San Jacinto was built for the Mallory Steamship Company in 1903 for the Galveston to Key West to New York City run. She was large, 6,069 gross tons, 380 feet long and her double steam engines allowed her to steam at 15 knots. She served this route until 1942 when she was torpedoed and sunk by German U-Boat 201 off the Bahamas.