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Caledonia

 
Anchor Line
 


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Length: 500.0 ft.
Breadth: 58.2 ft.
Draft (or Depth): 33.4 ft.
Tonnage: 9,223 tons (gross), 5,066 net
Engines: Triple expansion, 6 cyl., (2) 31.5" (2) 51.25" (2) 85" x 54" stroke
Speed:
Builder: D [avid] and W [illiam] Hendrickson & Co., Ltd., Glasgow (Yard No. 438)
Launched: October 22, 1904
Maiden Voyage: March 25, 1905
Disposition: December 5, 1916 - Torpedoed and sunk.
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Port of Registry: Glasgow, Scotland
Flag of Registry: British
Funnel color: Black
Company flag: White burgee, red anchor and cable.
Signal Letters: H G F D
Wireless call letters: M A I
Details: Steel hull, two funnels, two masts, twin screws, three decks, deep framing, shelter deck; accommodations: First Class: 250 Second Class: 350 Third Class: 850


 

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.

On 9 April at 2:55 p.m . Caledonia, eastbound New York-Glasgow, relayed to Bulgaria an ice warning received earlier from Cassandra.


Data:

October 22, 1904

Launched by David & William Hendrickson & Co., Ltd., Glasgow, (Yard No. 438)

March 25, 1905

Maiden voyage Glasgow-New York and return.

August, 1914

Requisitioned by British government and became a troop carrier for 212 horses and 3,074 troops.

December 5, 1916

Torpedoed and sunk by German U-65 in Mediterranean Sea, 125 miles east of Malta.

 


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