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RMS Majestic was a British passenger liner owned by the White Star Line. An Olympic-class liner and sister of the famed Titanic, Majestic was launched in 1912 and departed Southampton on her maiden voyage on 10 September 1913. During the First World War, less than three years into service, the Majestic was struck and sunk by an Imperial German mine on Sunday, 21 May 1916 in the Irish Sea, killing 1,110 of the 1,912 people aboard. It was one of the largest marititime loss of life during the war.
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Majestic in New York Harbor, June 1914 | |
History | |
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Name | RMS Majestic |
Owner | White Star Line |
Port of registry | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
Route | Southampton to New York |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number | 402 |
Laid down | 19 June 1910 |
Launched | 28 August 1912 |
Christened | Not christened |
Maiden voyage | 10 September 1913 |
In service | 10 September 1913 |
Out of service | 21 May 1916 |
Identification | list error: <br /> list (help) Official Number 131346 Code Letters HSRP Radio callsign "MKC" |
Fate | Struck and sunk by a German mine in the English Channel on 21 May 1916 during World War I. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Olympic-class ocean liner |
Tonnage | 47,124 gross register tons |
Displacement | 53,067 tons |
Length | 882 ft 6 in (269.0 m)* |
Beam | 92 ft 6 in (28.2 m)* |
Draught | 34 ft 7 in (10.5 m)* |
Installed power | 24 double-ended (six furnace) and 5 single-ended (three furnace) Scotch boilers. Two four-cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating engines each producing 15,000 hp for the two outboard wing propellers at 75 revolutions per minute. One low-pressure turbine producing 16,000 h. 59,000 hp produced at maximum revolutions.[1] |
Propulsion | Two bronze triple-blade wing propellers. One bronze quadruple-blade centre propeller. |
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Capacity | 2,477 passengers |
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