RMS Majestic |
Type: |
Passenger Liner |
Class: |
Teutonic |
Sister Ships: |
Teutonic |
Owner: |
White Star Line |
Builder: |
Harland & Wolff Belfast, Ireland |
Year Built: |
1889 |
Engines: |
2 x Triple expansion by Harland & Wolff 17,500 hp |
Screws: |
2 |
Masts: |
3 [2nd mast removed in 1902-03 refit] |
Funnels: |
3 [funnels lengthened by 10' during 1902-03 refit] |
Hull: |
Steel |
Speed: |
20 knots |
Keel Laid Down: |
1887 |
Launched: |
June 29, 1889 |
Christened By: |
N/A |
Maiden Voyage: |
Apr. 2, 1890 Liverpool-Queenstown-New York |
Length: |
582' |
Beam: |
57' 8" |
Draft: |
24' |
Displacement: |
16,740 total 9,965 grt After 1902-03 refit 10,147 grt |
Crew: |
415 |
Passenger Capacity: |
300 1st 190 2nd 1,000 3rd |
Fate: |
May 1914 Sold to Thomas W. Ward, Morecambe for £ 25,000 and scrapped |
Career |
1890-1899: |
Liverpool-Queenstown-New York service |
Dec. 1899- Mar. 1900: |
Transport in Boer War [one trip Liverpool-Cape Town, one trip Southampton-Cape Town] |
1902-1903: |
Refit at Harland & Wolff, 10,147 grt, new boilers, 2nd mast removed, funnels |
1905: |
Damaged by a fire in coal bunker at Liverpool |
June 26, 1907: |
First Southampton-Cherbourg-New York voyage [stayed on route] |
1911: |
Laid up as reserve ship at Birkenhead |
April 1912: |
Returned to Southampton-Queenstown-New York route after loss of Titanic |
Oct. 17, 1913: |
Rescued crew from sinking French Schooner Garonne |
Jan. 1914: |
Taken out of service |
May 5, 1914: |
Arrived at Thomas W. Ward, Morecambe and was scrapped |
Captains |
N/A |
Notes |
Call sign: LQJT Official registration number: 97763 1st class of ship built as liner/aux. cruiser Made over 170 trans-Atlantic voyages for White Star Line |
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RMS Majestic |