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RMS Britannia
Cunard ocean liner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with HMHS Britannic.
RMS Britannia was an ocean liner of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, later known as Cunard Steamship Company. She was launched on Wednesday 5 February 1840,[1] at the yard of Robert Duncan & Company in Greenock, Scotland. The ship and her Britannia-class sisters, Acadia, Caledonia, and Columbia, were the first ocean liners built by the company.
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Name | RMS Britannia |
Namesake | Britannia |
Owner | British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company |
Builder | Robert Duncan & Company, Greenock, Scotland |
Launched | 5 February 1840 |
Maiden voyage | 4 July 1840 |
Out of service | Sold to the Reichsflotte in March 1849 |
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Name | SMS Barbarossa |
Acquired | March 1849 |
Out of service | Transferred to the Prussian Navy in June 1852 |
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Name | SMS Barbarossa |
Acquired | June 1852 |
Fate | Sunk as a target ship in July 1880 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Britannia-class steamship |
Tons burthen | 1,154 |
Length | 207 ft (63 m) |
Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
Draught | 16.8 ft (5.1 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h) |
Range | 640 tons coal |
Capacity | 115 passengers |
Crew | 82 |
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