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RMS Umbria
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RMS Umbria and her sister ship RMS Etruria were the last two Cunard Line express ocean liners that were fitted with auxiliary sails. Umbria as the last express steamship to be built for a North Atlantic route with a compound engine. By 1885, the triple expansion engine was the almost universal specification for newly built steamships.[1]: 89 [2]: 126 John Elder & Co. built Umbria in Govan, Glasgow, in 1884.
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Name | RMS Umbria |
Namesake | Umbria |
Owner | Cunard SS Co |
Operator | Cunard SS Co |
Port of registry | Liverpool |
Route | Liverpool – Queenstown – New York |
Ordered | 19 July 1883 |
Builder | John Elder & Co, Govan |
Yard number | 285 |
Launched | 25 June 1884 |
Completed | 8 October 1884 |
Maiden voyage | 1 November 1884 |
In service | 1 November 1884 |
Out of service | 1910 |
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Fate | Scrapped 1910 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 1884: 7,129 GRT, 3,268 NRT |
Length | 501.6 ft (152.9 m) |
Beam | 57.2 ft (17.4 m) |
Depth | 38.2 ft (11.6 m) |
Decks | 6 |
Installed power | 1,559 NHP |
Propulsion | 3-cylinder compound engine |
Sail plan | barquentine |
Speed | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h) |
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Crew | 560 |
Umbria and her running mate Etruria were record breakers. They were the largest liners then in service, and they plied the Liverpool – New York City route. Umbria was launched by the Honourable Mrs. Hope on 25 June 1884, with wide press coverage, because she was the largest ship afloat, apart from Great Eastern, which by that time was redundant.[3][failed verification]