Two different ocean liners of the Cunard Steamship Lines have been named RMS Laconia . Although one was launched ten years after the other, and one got a movie The Sinking of the Laconia film , they are easily confused they had similar careers, looked the same, and met similar fates. RMS Laconia 1911 , launched in 1911 and sunk by a U boat in 1917 RMS Laconia 1921 , launched in 1921 and sunk by a U boat in 1942 Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Laconia, RMS pl RMS Laconia tr RMS Laconia ... more details
RMS Aurania can refer to any of three ships originally owned and operated by the Cunard Line RMS Aurania 1882 , built in 1882, scrapped in 1905 RMS Aurania 1916 , built in 1916, converted for use as a troopship and torpedoed by a German U boat in 1918 RMS Aurania 1924 , built in 1924, converted for use as an armed merchant cruiser in 1939, finally scrapped in 1961 Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Aurania, Rms Category Ship names de RMS Aurania ... more details
RMS Andania may refer to RMS Andania 1913 , a steamship sunk by World War I German submarine SMS U 46 2 sub y on 27 January 1918 RMS Andania 1922 , a Cunard Line steamship sunk by World War II German submarine warship German submarine U A 2 on 16 June 1940 Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Andania, Rms de RMS Andania pl RMS Andania ... more details
RMS Saxonia may refer to RMS Saxonia 1899 , a British Cunard Line passenger ship launched in 1899 and scrapped in 1925 RMS Saxonia 1954 , a British Cunard Line passenger ship launched in 1954 and renamed RMS Carmania in 1962, sold to a Soviet shipping company and renamed SS Leonid Sobinov in 1973, and scrapped in 1999 shipindex Saxonia, RMS fr RMS Saxonia ... more details
RMS Carinthia may refer to RMS Carinthia 1925 , a British Cunard Line passenger ship launched in 1925 and sunk in 1940 RMS Carinthia 1956 , a British Cunard Line passenger ship launched in 1956 and scrapped in 2006 after several changes of ownership and name shipindex disambiguation ru RMS Carinthia ... more details
them. The RMS Lusitania RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania Mauretania were off the drawing board, were slowly taking shape, and were due to enter service in late 1907. On Wednesday the 26 August 1908, RMS ... image File RMS Etruria.jpg 300px Ship caption RMS Etruria Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship name RMS Etruria Ship owner British & North American Royal Mail Packet Company Cunard Line Ship operator ... 160 Second Class 800 Third Class Ship crew Ship notes RMS Etruria and her sister ship RMS Umbria RMS Umbria were the last two Cunard Line Cunard ers that were fitted with auxiliary sails. ref http www.chriscunard.com archives1.htm Umbria RMS Umbria Information ref RMS Etruria was built by John Elder ... Ply plied the Liverpool to New York Service. RMS Etruria was completed and launched in March 1885 ..., Second Class accommodation was moderate, but spacious and comfortable. RMS Etruria s accommodation ... Image Passenger Lisr RMS Etruria.jpg thumb left 180px Front cover of a passenger list for a voyage of the RMS Etruria RMS Etruria was to start her regular service to New York from Liverpool , but the clouds ... RMS Umbria RMS Umbria , found themselves chartered to the Admiralty . With the dispute reaching a settlement ... 180px An extract of a letter written aboard RMS Etruria by Winston Churchill In November 1895, 20 ... Atlantic service. A year to forget Image Rms etruria.jpg thumb The Etruria at sea with her sails .... In the days before the RMS Titanic Titanic disaster, radio operators did not man their sets 24 hours ... been a very bad year for the ship . More bad luck Commented out because image was deleted Image RMS Etruria 1884.jpg thumb right 200px RMS Etruria 1903 did not start too well for the Etruria either ... 1907 saw the death of two of Etruria s sailors as they tried to secure the lashings of the starboard ... http www.chriscunard.com archives1.htm Etruria RMS Etrutia Information ref at Birkenhead , she was finally ... wikitable colspan 11 Prices of passage aboard RMS Etruria , May 1895 colspan 11 From Pier 40, North ... more details
RMS Amazon may refer to one of the following ships of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company RMS Amazon 1851 , a wooden paddle steamer that burned and sank on her maiden voyage in January 1852 104 died in the accident RMS Amazon 1906 , an ocean liner sunk by German submarine SMU U 110 2 on 15 March 1918 U 110 was sunk by escorts the same day Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Amazon ru RMS Amazon ... more details
Three ships were of the Royal Mail Line were named RMS Magdalena . RMS Magdalena 1852 , an ocean liner used as a troopship during the Crimean War RMS Magdalena 1889 , an ocean liner in service 1889 1921 RMS Magdalena 1948 , a cargo liner that was wrecked on her maiden voyage in 1949. See also SS Magdalena , a number of ships with this name Shipindex ... more details
RMS Persia Persia s ttl title Holder of the Blue Riband Westbound years 1863 1871 s aft after SS Adriatic 1871 Adriatic s bef before RMS Persia Persia s ttl title Blue Riband Atlantic Eastbound Record ... of competition from the Collins Line , Cunard ordered the RMS Persia Persia of 1856, the first iron ... until 1872 when she was surpassed by Adriatic of the White Star Line . ref name kludas While Gibbs ... Line Category Jules Verne fr RMS Scotia ... more details
for the two Cunarders, which came to fruition in 1907 with the appearance of the RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania 1906 6 . It was soon decided that Lucania was no longer needed, and her last voyage ...nofootnotes date April 2008 Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image RMS Campania.jpg 300px RMS Campania, c. 1895 Ship caption Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship name RMS Campania Ship owner Cunard Line Ship operator Ship registry Liverpool , United Kingdom Ship route Ship ordered Ship builder Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company , yard in Govan , Scotland Ship original cost Ship yard number Ship way number Ship laid down 22 September 1891 Ship launched 8 September 1892 Ship completed Ship christened Lady Burns Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage 22 April 1893 Ship in service Ship out of service Ship identification Ship fate Sunk in a collision with HMS Glorious 77 6 5 November 1918 Ship status Wreckage at coord 56 02 N 03 13 W type landmark scale 3000000 display title,inline Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ship tonnage ... 600 first class, 400 second class, 1000 third class. 2000 total Ship crew 424 Ship notes RMS ... RMS Lucania , Campania was the largest and fastest passenger liner afloat when she entered service in 1893 ... with any two compartments flooded. Passenger accommodation File RMS Campania 1.jpg thumb In their day ... giant in 1914, RMS Aquitania , Campania was also no longer required. Her last planned voyage for Cunard ... Patrick Stephens Limited year 1990 isbn External links http www.chriscunard.com campania.php RMS Campania http www.clydesite.co.uk articles campania lucania.asp RMS Campania at Clydebuilt Ships Database ... Eastbound Record years 1893 1894 s aft rows 2 after RMS Lucania Lucania s bef before SS City of Paris ... ships Category Steamships of the United Kingdom Category Maritime incidents in 1918 de RMS Campania 1892 fr Campania paquebot pl RMS Campania ... more details
nofootnotes date April 2008 Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image RMS Lucania.jpg 300px Ship caption RMS Lucania Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship name Ship owner Cunard Line Ship operator Ship registry Liverpool , United Kingdom Ship route Ship ordered Ship builder Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company yard in Govan , Scotland Ship original cost Ship yard number 365 Ship way number Ship laid down Ship launched Thursday, 2 February 1893 Ship completed Ship christened Sir William Pearce, MP Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage 2 September 1893 Ship in service Ship out of service Ship identification Ship fate Scrapped after being damaged by a fire at Liverpool on 14 August 1909 Ship status Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ocean liner Ship tonnage GRT 12,950 first yes Ship displacement Ship length 622ft 189.6 m Ship beam 65 ft 3 in 19,9m Ship height Ship draught Ship draft Ship depth 41 ft 10 in 13.7m Ship decks Ship deck clearance Ship ramps Ship ice class Ship sail plan Ship power 12 double ended Scotch boiler s 2 funnels 102 furnaces Two five cylinder triple expansion engine s producing convert 31000 IHP abbr on Ship ... class 400 second class 1000 third class Ship crew 424 Ship notes 2 masts RMS Lucania was a United ... February 1893. Identical in dimensions and specifications to her sister ship RMS Campania , RMS Lucania ... issued to passengers on RMS Lucania and her sister ship RMS Campania RMS Campania and Lucania ... Bulletin published on board the RMS Lucania based on news received by wireless while at sea. In 1901 ... the construction of replacements for the two Cunarders, which came to fruition in 1907 with the appearance of the RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania 1906 6 . It was soon decided that Lucania was no longer ... . Power of the Great Liners . Patrick Stephens Limited. s start s ach rec s bef rows 2 before RMS Campania ... ships de RMS Lucania 1893 fr Lucania pl RMS Lucania ... more details
1907 as the onetime Blue Riband holder RMS Lucania vacated the pier. At the time Lusitania was the largest ...About a ship of the Cunard Line the sinking of the ship Sinking of the RMS Lusitania other uses Lusitania disambiguation Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image File RMS Lusitania coming into port, possibly in New York, 1907 13 crop.jpg 300px Lusitania Ship caption Lusitania arriving in port. Infobox ship career Hide header Ship name RMS Lusitania Ship owner Cunard Line Ship operator CUNARD ... thePeerage.com date accessdate 2009 02 25 ref Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage 7 September 1907 Ship in service 1907 1915 Ship out of service N A Ship identification Ship fate Torpedoed by German ... third class. 2,198 total. 7000 tons coal. Ship crew 850 Ship notes RMS Lusitania was a United Kingdom ... day Portugal . The ship entered passenger service with the Cunard Line on 26 August 1907 and continued ..., leaving 761 survivors. Sinking of the RMS Lusitania The sinking turned public opinion in many countries ... the fastest and most luxurious ships had a commercial advantage Lusitania and her sister RMS Mauretania ... accounted for their 22 year retention of the speed record with her running mate RMS Mauretania 1906 RMS Mauretania . The turbines produced more horsepower, and theoretically less onboard noise and vibration ... LusitaniaSrews.jpg thumb left Lusitania , before her launch. Lusitania and her sister ship RMS Mauretania ... Riband from Cunard s RMS Campania Campania , before the prize was taken in 1900 by the HAPAG ship SS ... battleships, and 41,000 bhp for HMS Invincible 1907 Invincible class battlecruisers, which meant ... would be made by fitting turbines to RMS Carmania 1905 Carmania which was already under construction. The result was a ship 1.5 knots faster than her conventionally powered sister RMS Caronia 1905 ... 192 individual furnaces. ref Peeke at al. p.5 ref File RMS Lusitania deck plans.jpg right thumb upright ... their seating for their personal convenience. File Drawing of the First class dining saloon of the RMS ... more details
RMS Communications Inc. is a manufacture supplier of CATV passives for the Cable TV industry. History Founded in 1943, RMS Communications is engaged in the import, assembly and sale of electronic devices and components for various segments of the communications industry. Today the RMS product line includes over 500 products, which are used in the construction or rebuilding of CATV systems. These consist primarily of specialized passive & active devices such as low intermodulation splitters & directional couplers, 1 port, 2 port, 4 port & 8 port indoor outdoor directional taps, line passives hybrid splitters, connectors, filters, isolators, attenuators, drop amplifiers etc. RMS products are commonly specified in hybrid fibre coaxial networks where distribution of the RF signals to subscriber homes is required to facilitate the reception of broadband services and return path data to network operators, such as Europe s Virgin Media and UPC Broadband . RMS Communications has served the CATV industry for over 50 years and is active in the design and manufacture of passive RF electronic devices and are Patron Members of the SCTE in the USA and also its sister organisation in Europe where it is recognised as a learned body for broadband professionals. ref http www.scte.org.uk members cte patrons.php ref External links http www.rmscommunications.net RMS official website http www.rmscommunications.net The commercial and technical website of RMS Communications http www.scte.org.uk The homepage of the SCTE in Europe Notes references Category Cable television companies ... more details
ship, the RMS Oceanic 1870 Oceanic the year before. Adriatic was similar in configuration to the earlier ...otherships SS Adriatic Unreferenced date June 2010 Image Adriatic 1871 .jpg thumb 300px The Adriatic by George Parker Greenwood 1889 SS Adriatic was the first of two White Star Line ocean liner s which ... Atlantic market, and the line decided to build two more. The first of these was SS Adriatic ... 1872 Celtic . During the remainder of 1871 and the early part of 1872, Adriatic was fitted out. As a part ... were lit with oil lamps, but the builders decided to try new gas lamps on Adriatic . A machine ... went into service. Adriatic left on its maiden voyage on 11 April 1872, sailing from Liverpool to New ..., Adriatic received the designation as the Line s flagship, a title which she held until the larger ... to New York, Adriatic maintained an average speed of 14.52 knots and thus won the Blue Riband away from the Cunard Line s Scotia , which had held it since 1866. Adriatic was involved in several accidents. The first of these occurred in October, 1874, when Adriatic , while sailing parallel with the Cunard ..., Adriatic rammed the American ship Columbus in the Crosby Channel at Liverpool Columbus was sunk ..., in St George s Channel St. Georges Channel , Adriatic ran down and sank the sailing vessel Harvest ... sank so quickly that the crew of Adriatic could not identify what ship they had hit, and only a records search later showed who the victim had been. On 19 July 1878, Adriatic hit the brig G. A. Pike off of South Wales, killing five crew on board Pike . Blame was fixed on Adriatic for excessive speed. In 1884, Adriatic underwent a refit, during which accommodations for 50 Second Class passengers were ... ship for the Line, at Birkenhead . When the second Oceanic entered service in 1899, Adriatic ... Adriatic 201st.htm New York Times summary of court investigation External links commonscat Adriatic ship, 1871 Adriatic http www.titanic titanic.com adriatic 1.shtml Adriatic I on Titanic Titanic.com ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name RMS image RMS promo.jpg caption RMS br L R R ay Russell, M o Foster, S imon Phillips image size landscape yes background group or band origin London , UK genre Jazz fusion years active 1982 1984, 2006 present label MMC, Angel Air Records Angel Air associated acts Toto band Toto , Level 42 current members Ray Russell musician Ray Russell br Mo Foster br Gary Husband past members Simon Phillips RMS is a jazz fusion band formed in 1982. It consists of three well known and acclaimed British session musician s. Guitarist, Ray Russell musician R ay Russell , bass player, Mo Foster M o Foster and drummer Simon Phillips S imon Phillips . As of mid 2007 RMS have started touring the UK. Due to his commitments with Toto band Toto , Simon Phillips has been replaced with Gary Husband . They have performed a few small shows in the south of England with further shows planned throughout the UK in 2008. Discography Centennial Park 1984, 2004 RMS Live at the Venue 1982 2005 RMS Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1983 with Gil Evans DVD, 2006 External links Allmusic class artist id p11546 http www.angelair.co.uk Angel Air Records RMSband Category Jazz rock musicians Category British jazz ensembles Category English rock music groups England band stub sq RMS ... more details
Image Segwun 1925.jpg thumb RMS Segwun on her maiden voyage to Bracebridge 9 July 1925. Note the separation ..., when roads were built. The Segwun , and the fleet s former flagship, the RMS Sagamo , the last ... Canada Post R.M.S. designation as an official Royal Mail Ship . As part of a fundraising venture, she ... stamp tribute In 1987 Canada Post honoured the RMS Segwun with a 36 cent commemorative ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image RMS Antonia.jpg 300px RMS Antonia Ship caption RMS Antonia Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship name RMS Antonia Ship owner Cunard Line Ship operator Ship registry United Kingdom Ship route Ship ordered Ship builder Vickers Ltd, Barrow Ship original cost Ship yard number 498 Ship way number Ship laid down Ship launched 11 March 1921 Ship completed Ship christened Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage 15 June 1922 Ship in service Ship out of service Ship identification Ship fate Broken up at Troon in Scotland in 1948. Ship status Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ocean liner Ship tonnage 13,867 GRT Ship displacement Ship length 158.45 m 519.9 ft Ship beam 19.90 m 65.3 ft Ship height Ship draught Ship draft Ship depth Ship decks Ship deck clearance Ship ramps Ship ice class Ship sail plan Ship power Double reduction steam turbines br 8,500 SHP Ship propulsion Twin Propellers Ship speed 15 knots Ship capacity Passengers 500 cabin class 1,200 3rd class Ship crew 271 Ship notes RMS Antonia and her sister ship Andania were the first two of the six 14,000 ton A ocean liners built for Cunard Line Cunard in the early 1920s. Antonia was built by Vickers Ltd ., and launched in 1921. She made her maiden voyage from London to Montreal on 15 June 1922. She remained on Cunard s London Canada service until 1928, when she joined Andania on the Cunard Anchor Donaldson joint service. Antonia , too, was requisitioned during World War II, and served as a troop transport and later as an armed merchant cruiser. She was purchased by the Admiralty as a repair ship in 1942, and renamed Wayland . She was scrapped in 1948. External links http www.cunard.com AboutCunard default.asp?Active Heritage&Sub GetShip ... Cunard Line Antonia.html&date 2009 10 25 07 22 55 Cunard Line RMS Antonia Cunard ships DEFAULTSORT ... 1921 ships Category Ships of the Cunard Line de RMS Antonia pt RMS Antonia fi RMS Antonia ... more details
refimprove date November 2009 Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image File RMS Umbria.jpg 300px Ship caption RMS Umbria Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship name RMS Umbria Ship owner Ship operator ... 1909 500 First Class 160 Second Class 800 Third Class Ship crew Ship notes RMS Umbria and her sister ship RMS Etruria RMS Etruria were the last two Cunard Line Cunard ers that were fitted with auxiliary sails. RMS Umbria was built by John Elder & Co at Glasgow , Scotland in 1884. The Umbria and her ... to New York Service. RMS Umbria was launched by the Honourable Mrs Hope on Wednesday 25 June ... his apprenticeship in the days of square rigged sailing ships. Liverpool to New York service RMS ... and her sister RMS Etruria found themselves chartered to the Admiralty ref http www.chriscunard.com ... with Russia was settled and RMS Etruria was returned to the North Atlantic service, but the Umbria ... 40 45 75 85 Free outward The Blue Riband In 1887 RMS Umbria gained the prestigious Blue Riband when ... and covering a distance of convert 2848 nmi km . Her sister RMS Etruria regained the blue riband the following year. On 10 November 1888 RMS Umbria was outward bound from New York when she collided with and sank ... was completely cut off. The blame for this accident was placed upon the RMS Umbria, which it was said ... 8 Records of RMS Umbria & RMS Etruria colspan 8 The Blue Riband of the North Atlantic colspan 8 Westbound Steamer Date Line From To Nautical Miles Days Hours Minutes Knots RMS Etruria 1885 16 8 22 8 Cunard Queenstown Sandy Hook 2801 6 5 31 18.73 RMS Umbria 1887 29 5 4 6 Cunard Queenstown Sandy Hook 2848 6 4 12 19.22 RMS Etruria 1888 27 5 2 6 Cunard Queenstown Sandy Hook 2854 6 1 55 19.56 Trouble at sea Deleted image removed Image Colour picture of RMS Umbria.jpg thumb Colour image of RMS Umbria On 12 April 1890 the RMS Umbria set off on her usual voyage from New York with 655 passengers aboard ... 1892, RMS Umbria left Liverpool with, after stopping at Queenstown, Ireland Queenstown Cobh , Ireland ... more details
File StateLibQld 1 168303 Rangitata ship .jpg thumb RMS Rangitata The RMS Rangitata was an ocean passenger liner, built in 1929, and scrapped in 1962. She was operated by the New Zealand Shipping Company between London and Wellington , New Zealand , via the Panama Canal with her two sister ships Rangitiki and MS Rangitane 1929 Rangitane . ref cite web title RMS Rangitata url http www.fgrubbs.com 3104 rangitata rangitata.htm accessdate 31 May 2009 ref During World War II, in 1940 Rangitata had already sailed from Liverpool with 113 evacuated children under the Children s Overseas Reception Board CORB scheme on 25 September, but was recalled the same day due to the crisis caused by the sinking of City of Benares a week earlier , and children disembarked. However, she sailed again on 28 August 1940, bound for Halifax, then through the Panama Canal and on to New Zealand in convoy OB 205, with SS Volendam carrying children bound for Canada, which was torpedoed , with 120 CORB children arriving safely in New Zealand. br She also operated as a troopship, for example in convoy US1 taking New Zealand troops to the Middle East in January 1940 ref cite web title HMS Ramillies work navalhistory.com url http www.naval history.net xGM Chrono 01BB Ramillies.htm accessdate 11 August 2010 ref . She had returned to civilian service by 1949. References reflist External links http www.rms rangitiki.com rms rangitata.htm RMS Rangitata http www.simplonpc.co.uk NZSC3.html anchor338809 New Zealand Shipping Company ship information ship stub DEFAULTSORT Rangitata Category Passenger ships of New Zealand Category World War II merchant ships of New Zealand ... more details
Image Leinster RMS 1897.jpg 300px Postcard of RMS Leinster Ship caption Postcard image of the RMS Leinster Infobox ship career Hide header Ship name RMS Leinster Ship owner City of Dublin Steam Packet ... two signal guns Ship capacity Ship crew Ship notes RMS Leinster was a vessel operated by the City of Dublin ... Sea The Sinking of RMS Leinster and fellow writer Philip Lecane, author of Torpedoed The RMS ... Packet Company ordered four steamers for Royal Mail service, named for four provinces of Ireland, RMS Leinster , RMS Connaught 1897 Connaught , RMS Munster 2 and RMS Ulster 2 these four were commonly ... first fishery protection vessels. Image Leinster90.jpg thumb 90th anniversary of the sinking of RMS ... The Sinking of RMS Leinster and Philip Lecane Torpedoed The RMS Leinster Disaster ref File RMSLeinsterAnchorPlaques.jpg thumb alt Anchor of RMS Leinster, showing memorial plaques. Anchor of RMS Leinster .... ref cite web url http www.anpost.ie AnPost News and Information RMS Leinster.htm title Minister Hanafin launches RMS Leinster anniversary stamp date 2008 05 30 publisher An Post accessdate 5 ... Press, Dublin 1986. Higgins, John Jack The Sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster Recalled article in the Postal ... Union, written by the only survivor from the ship s mailroom. Lecane, Philip Torpedoed The R.M.S. Leinster ... in the Irish Sea The Sinking of RMS Leinster , Collins Press, Cork 1998. ISBN 1 898256 52 7 Liffiton ... home.htm RMS Leinster Home Site http www.rmsleinster.com sinking sinking.htm The sinking of RMS ... www.dlharbour.ie content history rms leinster.php Dun Laoghaire Harbour http www.irishships.com sinking of the rms leinster.html Irish Ships article by Roy Stokes http hoganstand.com general identity ... details Leinster555.htm Irish Wrecks Online coord missing Ireland DEFAULTSORT Rms ... Sea Leinster Category Ships sunk by German submarines Category 1897 ships de RMS Leinster eo RMS Leinster ... more details
Two ships of the White Star Line have borne the name Gaelic , an adjective that means pertaining to the Gaels SS Gaelic 1873 6 was a livestock carrier launched in 1873. She was chartered to the Occidental & Oriental Steamship Company between 1875 and 1883 and was sold in 1883 to Cia de Nav.La Flecha and renamed Hugo . RMS Gaelic 1885 6 was a passenger liner launched in 1885. She was sold to the Pacific Steam Navigation Company in 1905 and renamed Callao . Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Gaelic, Ss ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE RMS Niagara Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image Niagara.gif 300px Ship caption RMS Niagara . Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country United Kingdom UK Ship flag Image Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 60px Ship name RMS Niagara Ship owner Union Steam Ship Company Ship operator Ship route Ship ordered Ship builder John Brown & Company , Clydebank Ship yard number Ship way number Ship laid down Ship launched 17 August 1912 Ship completed Ship christened Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage Ship out of service Ship registry Ship fate Sunk by sea mine , June 19 1940. Ship status Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ship tonnage 13,415 gross tons Ship displacement Ship length 165.5 m Ship beam 20.2 m Ship height Ship draught Ship draft Ship depth Ship decks Ship ice class Ship sail plan Ship power Ship propulsion triple screw Ship speed 17 knots Ship capacity 290 first, 223 second, and 191 third class passengers Ship crew Ship notes coord 35 51 50 S 174 56 38 E display title RMS Niagara was an ocean liner launched on 17 August 1912 and owned by the Union Steam Ship Company . She was nicknamed the Titanic of the Pacific , but after the sinking of the real RMS Titanic this was dropped in favour of Queen of the Pacific . RMS Niagara was also the name of an ocean liner built in 1848 for the Cunard Line . ref http www.theshipslist.com ships lines cunard.html Cunard Line Fleet List The Ships List ref At the start of World War II , RMS Niagara was operated by the Canadian Australasian Line, maintaining a service from Auckland , New Zealand , to Suva and Vancouver . On 19 June 1940 she was under the command ... Reed, 1942. Keith Gordon. Deep Water Gold the story of RMS Niagara the quest for New Zealand s greatest ... Niagara, RMS Category 1912 ships Category Ocean liners Niagara Category Maritime incidents in 1940 ... Category World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean Category Ships sunk by mines fr RMS Niagara ru ... more details
Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image File SS Aquitania.jpg 300px Ship caption The RMS Aquitania ... 640 tourist class passengers Ship crew 972 ref name maritimequest Ship notes RMS Aquitania was a Cunard ... was the third in Cunard Line s grand trio of express liners, preceded by the RMS Mauretania 1906 RMS Mauretania and RMS Lusitania RMS Lusitania , and was the last surviving four funnelled ocean ... express liner stood until 2004, when the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 3 2 ultimate career service of 40 years ... the White Star Line and Cunard Line Cunard , Britain s two leading shipping companies. White Star s RMS Olympic 3 2 and RMS Titanic 3 2 were larger than the latest Cunard ships RMS Mauretania 1906 2 and RMS ... from the smaller RMS Carmania 1905 Carmania , a ship he also designed. Another design feature from Carmania ... down at the end of 1910, the experienced Peskett took a voyage on the rival RMS Olympic Olympic ... later be used to construct RMS Queen Mary Queen Mary , RMS Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth , ane the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Queen Elizabeth 2 . ref http www.chriscunard.com about QE2.htm Queen Elizabeth ... Saloon on the RMS Aquitania.jpg thumb left View of the First Class Dining Saloon Although Aquitania ... This event was overshadowed by the sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland 1906 RMS Empress of Ireland ... popular liners on the North Atlantic route. She sailed with the Cunarders Mauretania and RMS Berengaria ... World War II service Image RMS Aquitania.jpg thumb right Aquitania painted grey during World ... and was scheduled to be replaced by RMS Queen Elizabeth in 1940. This plan was shattered with the coming ... was tied up alongside RMS Queen Mary , the Queen Elizabeth, and the SS Normandie 3 2 and the four ships ... South Pacific , Greece and the Indian Ocean. Postwar service and retirement Image RMS Aquitania ..., Southampton to New York via Cherbourg for the R.M.S. Aquitania , sailing on Saturday 25 June 1921 ... Cruises Cunard CunardCover.htm AMERICA HURRAH sponsored deck plans of RMS Aquitania http cunarderrmsaquitania.weebly.com ... more details
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