The Romanic was a steamship put into service in 1898 , which belonged to the British shipping company White Star Line from 1903 to 1912 , which used it as an ocean liner on the North Atlantic route from Italy to the USA . The ship was sold in 1912 and broken up in Hamburg in 1923 .
history
The 11,394 GRT, steel-built steamship was built at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland for the Dominion Line and was launched on April 7, 1898. The passenger and cargo steamer was christened New England and was able to accommodate 200 passengers in the first, 200 in the second and 800 in the third class on three decks. The New England was powered by two sets of four-cylinder triple expansion steam engines from Harland & Wolff, which developed 985 nominal horsepower and could accelerate the ship up to 15 knots. Originally it had two chimneys, three masts and two propellers and was equipped with electric lights , cooling devices for transporting perishable food and a radio system. One of the chimneys was later dismantled.
The New England sailed from Liverpool on June 30, 1898 on her maiden voyage to Boston . On September 17, 1903, she left the Dominion Line for the last time. It was then sold to the White Star Line, which it renamed Romanic . On November 19, 1903, the Romanic set off for the first time for the White Star Line in Liverpool for Boston. After this trip she was used exclusively on the route Genoa - Naples - Boston. In the winter months she went on cruises in the Mediterranean .
On January 19, 1912, the steamer was handed over to the British-Canadian shipping company Allan Line , which gave it the name Scandinavian and provided accommodation for 400 passengers in the second and 800 in the third class. On March 23, 1912, the Scandinavian ran for her first Atlantic crossing from Glasgow to Halifax and Boston and on May 4, 1912, the first crossing was from Glasgow to Québec and Montreal .
When the Allan Line was bought by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1917 , the ship became their property. Between 1918 and 1920 it drove from Liverpool to New York and Saint John . Between May 18, 1920 and May 24, 1922 it operated the route Antwerp - Southampton - Québec - Montreal. After the last voyage, the former Romanic was laid up in Gareloch (Scotland) until it was sold to F. Rijsdijk, Rotterdam , for demolition on July 9, 1923 . A week later it was sold to Klasmann & Lentze from Emden and then scrapped in Hamburg.
