Catalonia (ship)
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The Catalonia was an ocean liner put into service in 1881 for the British shipping company Cunard Line , which was used in passenger traffic on the Liverpool - Queenstown - New York route. The ship was sold to Italy for demolition in 1901.
history
The 4,841 GRT steamship Catalonia was built in Clydebank ( Scotland ) at the J. & G. Thomson shipyard, the predecessor of John Brown & Company , and was launched on May 14, 1881. She was the first of three sister ships , followed by the Cephalonia (built in 1882) and the Pavonia (built in 1882).
The 130.9 meter long and 13.1 meter wide steamer was made of iron, had a chimney, three masts and a single propeller. The top speed was 13 knots (24 km / h). On board there was space for 200 passengers in first and 1,500 in third class. On August 6, 1881, the Catalonia left Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York via Queenstown. On March 3, 1883, she made her last trip on this route, after which she ran from April 18, 1883 on the Liverpool – Queenstown – Boston route.
On May 7, 1882, during a voyage from New York to Liverpool about 1200 nautical miles east of Sandy Hook, the ship's wave broke . The Catalonia had left New York on May 3rd under the command of Captain Gill with 108 first class passengers and 70 third class passengers. The Labrador passenger steamer of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (Captain Joucla) saw the Catalonia's emergency missiles and came to her aid. After consultation between the two captains, the Labrador continued her voyage and the Catalonia sailed to Liverpool on its own.
On September 19, 1899, the Catalonia began her last Atlantic crossing. After she was used in November 1899 for a trip as a troop transport and prison ship in the Boer War , she was decommissioned and scrapped in Genoa on May 24, 1901 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Adolf Schiel: 23 years of storms and sunshine in South Africa . Brockhaus, Leipzig 1902, p. 486 and passim .