RMS Ivernia (1899)
Cunard Liner Ivernia | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | RMS Ivernia |
| Namesake | Iverni |
| Owner | Cunard Line |
| Operator | Cunard Line |
| Port of registry | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
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| Builder | C. S. Swan & Hunter, Tyne and Wear |
| Yard number | 247 |
| Laid down | 6 December 1898 |
| Launched | 21 September 1899 |
| Christened | by Emma, Countess of Ravensworth |
| Maiden voyage | 14 April 1900, Liverpool to New York |
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| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk, 1 January 1917 |
| Notes | Completed deep-sea trials 27 March 1900, off Liverpool |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 24,400 long tons |
| Length |
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| Beam | 64.5 ft (19.7 m) |
| Height | 140 ft (43 m) from keel to top of funnel |
| Draught | 37.8 ft (11.5 m) |
| Depth | 41.5 ft (12.6 m) (depth moulded to Upper Deck) |
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| Propulsion | Steam quadruple-expansion engines geared to twin propellers |
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RMS Ivernia was a British ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line, built by the company C. S. Swan & Hunter of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and launched in 1899. The Ivernia was one of Cunard's intermediate ships, that catered to the vast immigrant trade between Europe and the United States of America in the early 20th century. She saw military service during World War I and was sunk by a torpedo from a German U-boat on New Year's Day 1917.
Ivernia was the first of three related liners. Saxonia was her larger sister ship, and was launched three months after her at John Brown & Company of Clydebank, leaving Ivernia the largest Cunard steamer during those months. Carpathia was a smaller half-sister of Ivernia and Saxonia, built at the same yard as Ivernia and launched in 1902, to a modified design based on her older half-sisters. Carpathia was made famous for her role in the aftermath of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.