RMS Carmania (1905)
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For other ships with the same name, see RMS Carmania.
RMS Carmania was a Cunard Line transatlantic steam turbine ocean liner. She was launched in 1905 and scrapped in 1932. In World War I she was first an armed merchant cruiser (AMC)[1] and then a troop ship.
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Name | Carmania |
Namesake | Carmania |
Owner | Cunard Line |
Operator | 1914–16: Royal Navy |
Port of registry | Liverpool |
Route | Liverpool – New York |
Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
Yard number | 366 |
Laid down | 17 May 1904 |
Launched | 21 February 1905 |
Completed | November 1905 |
Maiden voyage | 2 December 1905 |
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Fate | Scrapped 1932 at Blyth |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 19,566 GRT, 9,250 NRT |
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Beam | 72.2 ft (22.0 m) |
Draught | 33 ft 3 in (10.13 m) |
Depth | 40.0 ft (12.2 m) |
Decks | 3 |
Installed power | 21,000 SHP |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Capacity |
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Crew | 450 |
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Armament |
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Notes | Sister ship: RMS Caronia |
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Carmania was the sister ship of RMS Caronia, although the two ships had different machinery. When new, the pair were the largest ships in the Cunard fleet.[2]