RMS Saxonia around 1900
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | RMS Saxonia |
Namesake | Latin name for Saxony |
Owner | Cunard Line |
Port of registry | United Kingdom |
Route | |
Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland |
Launched | 16 December 1899 |
Completed | mid-May 1900 |
Maiden voyage | 22 May 1900 |
Out of service | 1925 |
Fate | Scrapped in the Netherlands in 1925 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 600 ft (180 m) |
Beam | 64.2 ft (19.6 m) |
Propulsion | Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin propellers |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Capacity |
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Notes | Sister ship to RMS Ivernia |
The first RMS Saxonia was a passenger ship of the British Cunard Line. Between 1900 and 1925, Saxonia operated on North Atlantic and Mediterranean passenger routes, and she saw military service during World War I (1914–1918).
Saxonia's sister ship was Ivernia.