RMS Britannia
RMS Britannia painted by Charles Turner, 1950s. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | RMS Britannia |
| Namesake | Britannia |
| Owner | British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company |
| Ordered | March 1839 |
| Builder | Robert Duncan & Company, Greenock, Scotland |
| Launched | 5 February 1840 |
| Maiden voyage | 4 July 1840 |
| Out of service | Sold to the Reichsflotte in March 1849 |
| German Confederation | |
| Name | SMS Barbarossa |
| Acquired | March 1849 |
| Out of service | Transferred to the Prussian Navy in June 1852 |
| Prussia | |
| Name | SMS Barbarossa |
| Acquired | June 1852 |
| Fate | Sunk as a target ship in July 1880 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Britannia-class steamship |
| Tons burthen | 1,154 |
| Length | 207 ft (63 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Draught | 16.8 ft (5.1 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h) |
| Range | 640 tons coal |
| Capacity | 115 passengers |
| Crew | 82 |
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RMS Britannia was an ocean liner of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, later known as Cunard Steamship Company. She was launched on 5 February 1840, at the yard of Robert Duncan & Company in Greenock, Scotland. The ship and her Britannia-class sisters, Acadia, Caledonia, and Columbia, were the first ocean liners built by the company.