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SS City of Rome

British Ship

1881 Barrow Ship Building Co 8,453 GRT 560.2 ft Scrapped
8,453GRT
Tonnage
560.2ft
Length
52.3ft
Beam
15.75knots
Speed
810passengers
Passengers

City of Rome was a British ocean liner, built by the Barrow Ship Building Company for the Inman Line to be the largest and fastest liner on the North Atlantic route. Though not achieving the requested specifications due to design compromise, and so returned to Barrow-in-Furness after only six voyages, she is considered one of the most beautiful steamships built, with her classic clipper bow and sail rigging illustrating the transitional period of sail to steam. The Anchor Line managed her on various routes until 1900. She was scrapped in 1902.

Text: Wikipedia — SS City of Rome, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tonnage
8,453 GRT
Length
560.2 ft
Beam
52.3 ft
Speed
1881: 15.75 knots
Passengers
passengers, 1881: 520 First Class, 810 Steerage Class
Builder
Barrow Ship Building Co
Launched
14 June 1881
Maiden voyage
13 October 1881
Owner
Inman Line (1881)
Port of registry
Barrow-in-Furness
Propulsion
3 × 2-cylinder compound inverted steam engines
Fate
Scrapped 1902
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