_-_Cassier%27s_1893-12.png) The RMS Campania
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | RMS Campania |
| Namesake | Campania |
| Owner | Cunard Line |
| Port of registry | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, yard in Govan, Scotland |
| Yard number | 364 |
| Laid down | 22 September 1891 |
| Launched | 8 September 1892 |
| Christened | Lady Burns |
| Maiden voyage | 22 April 1893 |
| Fate | Sunk in a collision with HMS Glorious, 5 November 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 18,450 tons |
| Length | 622 ft (189.6 m) |
| Beam | 65 ft 3 in (19.9 m) |
| Draft | 29.9 feet |
| Depth | 41 ft 10 in (13.7m) |
| Installed power | 12 double-ended Scotch boilers, 102 furnaces. Two five-cylinder triple expansion engines producing 31000shp direct to twin screws |
| Propulsion | Two triple blade propellers |
| Speed | Service speed 22 knots (40.5 km/h / 25.3 mph); top speed 23.5 knots (43.3 km/h / 27 mph) |
| Capacity | 600 first class, 400 second class, 1,000 third class. 2,000 total |
| Crew | 424 |
RMS Campania was a British ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line, built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan, Scotland, and launched on Thursday, 8 September 1892.
Identical in dimensions and specifications to her sister ship RMS Lucania, Campania was the largest and fastest passenger liner afloat when she entered service in 1893. She crossed the Atlantic in less than six days, and on her second voyage in 1893, she won the prestigious Blue Riband, previously held by the Inman Liner SS City of Paris. The following year, Lucania won the Blue Riband and kept the title until 1898 - Campania being the marginally slower of the two sisters.