Caronia

Cunard Steamship Company, Ltd.

Length:	650 ft.
Breadth:	72.2 ft.
Draft (or depth):	40.2 ft.
Tonnage:	19,687 tons (gross), 10,773 (underdeck), 10,306 (net)
Engines:	Quadruple expansion, 8 cyl. (2) 39" (2) 54.5" (2) 77" (2) 110" x 66" stroke
Speed:	18 knots
Builder:	John Brown & Company, Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland (Yard No. 362)
Launched:	13 July 1904
Maiden Voyage:	25 February 1905 - Liverpool to New York.
Disposition:	1933 (Scrapped)
Particulars:	Port of Registry: Liverpool Flag of Registry: British Funnel color: Red; black top, three thin black rings. Company flag: Red; at center, a golden lion holding a globe Signal Letters: H B T Q Wireless call letters: M R A Steel hull, 2 funnels, 2 masts, twin screw, refrigeration machinery, submarine signal, electric light, wireless.

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries:

1912 -
14 April - Eastbound, New York - Queenstown - Liverpool.

9a.m. to 11:40 a.m. - In wireless contact with Titanic. Relayed Noordam's message of ice at 42 ° N., from 49° to 51° W.

15 April, 12:30 a.m. - Transmitted news of Titanic's distress call and position to Baltic. Repeated message at 12:53 a.m.

Data:

February 25, 1905 - Maiden voyage, Liverpool to New York and return.

1914 - Became armed merchant cruiser.

1920 - Converted to oil.

1922 - Hamburg - Southampton - New York run.

1924 - Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal run.

1925 - Liverpool - Boston - New York run.

1926-1931 - London - Havre - Southampton - New York run.

1931 - Laid up. Sold for £20,000 to Hughes Bolckow.

1932 - Sold to Japan for £39,000. Renamed Taiseiyo Maru ("The Great Ocean Ship"); towed to Japan for scrapping.

1933 - Scrapped.

Courtesy: John P. Eaton. Used with permission.
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