Etruria (1884)

Owners:
British & North America Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.
(Cunard)
Liverpool, England

Builder:
John Elder & Company
Glasgow, Scotland
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1884
Launched:
September 20, 1884
Sister Ships:
Umbria
Maiden Voyage:
April 25, 1885
Fate:
Scrapped at Preston, England 1909-10.


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
519'
Engines:
1 three cylinder compound
Beam:
57'
Boilers:
9 fire tube (coal fired)
Draft:
28' 9" (depth)
Shafts:
1
Gross Tons:
7,718 (a)
HP:
14,500
Displacement:
13,300
Speed:
19 knots
Crew:
N/A
Funnels:
2
Passengers:
1,510
Masts:
3 (rigged for sail)

Construction notes:
(a):
8,120 after 1890 refit.


History:
Apr. 25, 1885:
Maiden voyage Liverpool-Queenstown-New York. Made over 150 transatlantic crossings
on this route.
Aug. 7, 1885:
Won the Blue Riband (eastbound) in 6 days, 9 hours, 18.44 knots. Bettered the record on
a voyage July 7-14, 1888 to 6 days, 4 hours, 50 minuets, 19.36 knots. Held the record
until losing to the Inman liner City of Paris on May 22, 1889.
Aug. 22, 1885:
Won the Blue Riband (westbound) in 6 days, 5 hours, 31 minuets, 18.73 knots. Held the
record until losing to her sister Umbria on June 4, 1887.

June 2, 1888:
Won the Blue Riband (westbound) in 6 days, 1 hour, 55 minuets, 19.56 knots. Held the
record until losing to the Inman liner City of Paris on May 8, 1889.
1901:
Fitted with wireless.
1902:
Broke shaft on voyage to New York, propeller, rudder and rudder post lost.
Drifted for several days until located by SS William Cliff of the Leyland Line
and towed to the Azores. Later towed by tugs to Liverpool and repaired.

1909:
Removed from service and laid up.
Nov. 1909:
Arrived at Preston, England and scrapped.


Builder's Data
Page revised Aug. 10, 2007