Lucania (1893)

Owners:
Cunard Line
Liverpool, England


Builder:
Fairfield Shipbuilding &
Engineering Company
Govan, Scotland
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1893
Launched:
February 22, 1893
Sister Ships:
Campania
Maiden Voyage:
September 2, 1893
Fate:
Burned and sank at Huskisson Dock, Liverpool, England on Aug. 14, 1909.
Declared a total loss and scrapped by Thomas Ward Shipbreakers in Swansea, Wales.


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
622'
Engines:
2 five cylinder triple expansion
Beam:
65'
Boilers:
12 fire tube (coal fired)
Draft:
29' 9"
Shafts:
2
Gross Tons:
12,952
HP:
30,000
Displacement:
18,000
Speed:
21 knots
Crew:
415
Funnels:
2
Passengers:
2,000
Masts:
2


History:
Sept. 2, 1893:
Maiden voyage Liverpool - Queenstown - New York. Remained on this route for
entire career. Made over 90 transatlantic crossings.

May 12, 1894:
Won the Blue Riband (eastbound) 5 days, 13 hours, 28 minuets, 21.81 knots. Bettered
the record on a voyage June 2-8, 1894 to 5 days, 12 hours, 59 minuets, 21.90 knots.
Bettered the record again on a voyage May 18-24, 1895 to 5 days, 11 hours, 40 minuets,
22 knots. Held the record until losing to the North German Lloyd liner
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse on Nov. 29, 1897.
No British liner would hold the record again until Lusitania in 1907.
Aug. 31, 1894:
Won the Blue Riband (westbound) 5 days, 8 hours, 38 minuets, 21.65 knots. Bettered the
record on a voyage Sept. 23-28, 1894 to 5 days, 7 hours, 48 minuets, 21.75 knots.
Bettered the record again on a voyage Oct. 21-26, 1894 to 5 days, 7 hours, 23 minuets,
21.81 knots. Held the record until losing to the North German Lloyd liner
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse on Apr. 5, 1898.
No British liner would hold the record again until Lusitania in 1907.

Aug. 14, 1909:

Burned and sank at Huskisson Dock, Liverpool, declared a total loss and was sold
for scrap.


Page revised Aug. 7, 2007