RMS Caronia (1904)

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Caronia under way
History
United Kingdom
Name	1904: Caronia 1932: Taiseiyo Maru
Namesake	1904: Caro Brown 1932: Japanese for "Atlantic Ship"
Owner	Cunard Line
Operator	1914–15: Royal Navy
Port of registry	1904: Liverpool 1932: Osaka
Builder	John Brown & Co, Clydebank
Yard number	362
Launched	13 July 1904
Completed	February 1905
Maiden voyage	25 February 1905
Identification	UK official number: 120826 Code letters HBTQ by 1913: call sign MRA 1914–15: pennant number: M 53
Nickname(s)	"pretty sister of Carmania"
Fate	Scrapped 1933 in Osaka
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	1904: 19,594 GRT, 10,213 NRT 1909: 19,687 GRT, 10,306 NRT after 1924 refit: 19,782 GRT, 9,752 NRT
Length	650.0 ft (198.1 m) registered length 678 ft (207 m) o/a
Beam	72.2 ft (22.0 m)
Draught	33 ft 3 in (10.13 m)
Depth	40.2 ft (12.3 m)
Installed power	3,363 NHP 22,000 IHP
Propulsion	2 × quadruple-expansion engines 2 × screws
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h)
Capacity	1,550 passengers:[clarification needed] 300 first class 350 second class 900 third class cargo: 46,280 cubic feet (1,311 m3) refrigerated
Sensors and processing systems	by 1930: submarine signalling wireless direction finding
Armament	(as AMC): 8 × QF 4.7 inch Mk V naval guns
Notes	sister ship: RMS Carmania

RMS Caronia was a Cunard Line transatlantic steam ocean liner. She was launched in 1904 and scrapped in 1932. In World War I she was first an armed merchant cruiser (AMC) and then a troop ship.

RMS Carmania was launched in 1905 as her sister ship, although the two had different machinery. When new, the pair were the largest ships in the Cunard fleet.^[1]