SS City of Rome

City of Rome
History
United Kingdom
Name	City of Rome
Owner	Inman Line (1881)
Operator	Anchor Line (1881–1900)
Port of registry	Barrow-in-Furness
Route	trans-Atlantic (1881)
Builder	Barrow Ship Building Co
Launched	14 June 1881
Commissioned	1881
Maiden voyage	13 October 1881
Fate	Scrapped 1902
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	8,453 GRT tonnage under deck 6,144 7,468 NRT
Length	560.2 ft (170.7 m)
Beam	52.3 ft (15.9 m)
Depth	37.0 ft (11.3 m)
Installed power	1,500 NHP
Propulsion	3 × 2-cylinder compound inverted steam engines
Sail plan	4-masted; barque, then schooner
Speed	1881: 15.75 knots (29.17 km/h) 1883: 18.25 knots (33.80 km/h)
Capacity	passengers, 1881: 520 First Class, 810 Steerage Class passengers, 1891: 75 First Class, 250 Second Class, 1,000 Steerage Class cargo: 2,200 tons

City of Rome was a British ocean liner, built by the Barrow Ship Building Company for the Inman Line to be the largest and fastest liner on the North Atlantic route. Though not achieving the requested specifications due to design compromise, and so returned to Barrow-in-Furness after only six voyages, she is considered one of the most beautiful steamships built, with her classic clipper bow and sail rigging illustrating the transitional period of sail to steam.^[1] The Anchor Line managed her on various routes until 1900. She was scrapped in 1902.