RMS Ivernia (1899)

Cunard Liner Ivernia
History
United Kingdom
Name	RMS Ivernia
Namesake	Iverni
Owner	Cunard Line
Operator	Cunard Line
Port of registry	Liverpool, United Kingdom
Route	1900–1911 Liverpool–Boston Liverpool–New York City 1911–1914 Liverpool–Boston Liverpool–New York City Trieste/Fiume–New York City 1914–1917 Government war service
Builder	C. S. Swan & Hunter, Tyne and Wear
Yard number	247 [1]
Laid down	6 December 1898 [2]
Launched	21 September 1899 [2]
Christened	by Emma, Countess of Ravensworth[2]
Maiden voyage	14 April 1900, Liverpool to New York [3]
Refit	July-October 1911 following major flooding from a collision[4]
Identification	UK Official Number 110643[5] Code letters "RNJD"[5] Marconi Radio Call Letters "MIA"[6]
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk, 1 January 1917
Notes	Completed deep-sea trials 27 March 1900, off Liverpool [7]
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	Designed[2][7][8] 13,900 GRT Before refit[5] 14,058 GRT 9,052 NRT After refit[9] 14,278 GRT 9,165 NRT
Displacement	24,400 long tons  [10]
Length	600 ft (180 m) total[2] 582 ft (177 m) between perpendiculars[2][5]
Beam	64.5 ft (19.7 m)[2][5]
Height	140 ft (43 m) from keel to top of funnel[2]
Draught	37.8 ft (11.5 m) [5]
Depth	41.5 ft (12.6 m) (depth moulded to Upper Deck)[2]
Decks	6 passenger decks 8 decks overall[11]
Installed power	9 single-ended scotch boilers Steam pressure of 210psi 12,000 indicated horsepower[12]
Propulsion	Steam quadruple-expansion engines geared to twin propellers
Speed	16.8 knots (31.1 km/h; 19.3 mph) (achieved on trials)[7] 16.25 knots (30.10 km/h; 18.70 mph) (contract stipulation)[7]
Capacity	1,964 passengers (164 First Class, 200 Second Class, 1,600 Third Class)
Notes	sister ship to RMS Saxonia half-sister to RMS Carpathia

RMS Ivernia was a British ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line, built by the company C. S. Swan & Hunter of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and launched in 1899. The Ivernia was one of Cunard's intermediate ships, that catered to the vast immigrant trade between Europe and the United States of America in the early 20th century. She saw military service during World War I and was sunk by a torpedo from a German U-boat on New Year's Day 1917.

Ivernia was the first of three related liners. Saxonia was her larger sister ship, and was launched three months after her at John Brown & Company of Clydebank, leaving Ivernia the largest Cunard steamer during those months. Carpathia was a smaller half-sister of Ivernia and Saxonia, built at the same yard as Ivernia and launched in 1902, to a modified design based on her older half-sisters. Carpathia was made famous for her role in the aftermath of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.