RMS Campania — historic photograph

Cunard Line

RMS Campania

British ocean liner

1893 Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company… 12,950 GRT 622 ft Shipwreck
12,950GRT
Tonnage
622ft
Length
65ft
Beam
22knots
Speed
1,000passengers
Passengers
424crew
Crew

RMS Campania was a British ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line, built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan, Scotland, and launched on Thursday, 8 September 1892.

Identical in dimensions and specifications to her sister ship RMS Lucania, Campania was the largest and fastest passenger liner afloat when she entered service in 1893. She crossed the Atlantic in less than six days, and on her second voyage in 1893, she won the prestigious Blue Riband, previously held by the Inman Liner SS City of Paris. The following year, Lucania won the Blue Riband and kept the title until 1898 - Campania being the marginally slower of the two sisters.

Text: Wikipedia — RMS Campania, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tonnage
12,950 GRT
Length
622 ft (189.6 m)
Beam
65 ft 3 in (19.9 m)
Draught
29.9 feet
Speed
Service speed 22 knots (40.5&nbsp
Passengers
600 first class, 400 second class, 1,000 third class. 2,000 total
Crew
424
Builder
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, yard in Govan, Scotland
Yard number
364
Launched
8 September 1892
Maiden voyage
22 April 1893
Owner
Cunard Line
Port of registry
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Propulsion
Two triple blade propellers
Fate
Sunk in a collision with HMS Glorious, 5 November 1918
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