Pavonia (ship)
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The Pavonia was a passenger ship put into service in 1882 by the British shipping company Cunard Line , which was used in liner service on the route Liverpool - Queenstown - New York and to Boston . The ship was sold to Italy for demolition in 1900.
history
The 5,588 GRT steamship Pavonia was built in Clydebank at the J. & G. Thomson shipyard, the predecessor of John Brown & Company , and was launched on June 3, 1882. She was the last of three sister ships to be completed . The other two were the Catalonia (built in 1881) and the Cephalonia (built in 1882). The ship, 131.2 meters long and 14.1 meters wide, was made of iron, had a straight stem , a chimney, three masts with the rigging of a barque and a single propeller .
The Pavonia had three decks and her hull was divided into eleven watertight compartments by bulkheads . The two-cylinder compound steam engines developed 4500 PSi and allowed a top speed of 14 knots (25.9 km / h). The steamer was equipped with six Fox brand steam boilers . There were eight lifeboats on the upper deck and two more on the quarterdeck, all of which were hung in davits .
Like the two sister ships, the Pavonia was able to carry 200 passengers in first and 1,500 in third class. The first-class dining room was almost ten meters long, stretched the entire breadth of the ship, and was crowned by a skylight made of stained glass. The cabins were spacious, bright and each provided with two lifebuoys . A writing salon, a smoking salon, a music salon with a piano and a promenade deck were also available to passengers .
On September 13, 1882, the Pavonia put under the command of Captain Alexander McKay in Liverpool on her maiden voyage via Queenstown to New York, where she entered on September 24. On October 18, 1882, the ship steamed for the first time via Queenstown to Boston. On February 23, 1884, she left for her 13th and, for the time being, last trip to New York and was henceforth only used in the Boston service. On January 19, 1892, she was towed into the port of Boston by the HAPAG steamer Rhaetia because the propeller shaft broke during the journey . On February 18, 1899, she ran at the Azores in a damaged condition and had to be towed to reach Liverpool.
After the repair, the Pavonia ran for the last time from Liverpool via Queenstown to New York on August 29, 1899. This was followed by two trips as a troop transport during the Boer War , after which the ship was sold to Italy for demolition and for this purpose arrived in Genoa on September 23, 1900 .
Web links
- Short description of the ship in The Ships List (upper half)
- Key data and photo in the Clydebuilt Ships Database
- Extract from the timetable and further photos of the Pavonia
- Report of the Pavonia's maiden voyage in the New York Times, September 25, 1882
- A passenger list of the Pavonia from 1887 (with original cover sheet )