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Lucania (1893) |
Owners: |
Cunard Line Liverpool, England |
Builder: |
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Govan, Scotland |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Keel Laid: |
N/A |
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Year Built: |
1893 |
Launched: |
February 22, 1893 |
Sister Ships: |
Campania |
Maiden Voyage: |
September 2, 1893 |
Fate: |
Burned and sank at Huskisson Dock, Liverpool, England on Aug. 14, 1909. Declared a total loss and scrapped by Thomas Ward Shipbreakers in Swansea, Wales. |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
622' |
Engines: |
2 five cylinder triple expansion |
Beam: |
65' |
Boilers: |
12 fire tube (coal fired) |
Draft: |
29' 9" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Gross Tons: |
12,952 |
HP: |
30,000 |
Displacement: |
18,000 |
Speed: |
21 knots |
Crew: |
415 |
Funnels: |
2 |
Passengers: |
2,000 |
Masts: |
2 |
History: |
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Sept. 2, 1893: |
Maiden voyage Liverpool - Queenstown - New York. Remained on this route for entire career. Made over 90 transatlantic crossings. |
May 12, 1894: |
Won the Blue Riband (eastbound) 5 days, 13 hours, 28 minuets, 21.81 knots. Bettered the record on a voyage June 2-8, 1894 to 5 days, 12 hours, 59 minuets, 21.90 knots. Bettered the record again on a voyage May 18-24, 1895 to 5 days, 11 hours, 40 minuets, 22 knots. Held the record until losing to the North German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse on Nov. 29, 1897. No British liner would hold the record again until Lusitania in 1907. |
Aug. 31, 1894: |
Won the Blue Riband (westbound) 5 days, 8 hours, 38 minuets, 21.65 knots. Bettered the record on a voyage Sept. 23-28, 1894 to 5 days, 7 hours, 48 minuets, 21.75 knots. Bettered the record again on a voyage Oct. 21-26, 1894 to 5 days, 7 hours, 23 minuets, 21.81 knots. Held the record until losing to the North German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse on Apr. 5, 1898. No British liner would hold the record again until Lusitania in 1907. |
Aug. 14, 1909: |
Burned and sank at Huskisson Dock, Liverpool, declared a total loss and was sold |
Page revised Aug. 7, 2007 |