RMS Ivernia (1955)

This article is about the ship known as RMS Ivernia from 1955-1963 and RMS Franconia from 1963–1973. For other ships with the same names, see RMS Ivernia (1899), RMS Franconia (1910), and RMS Franconia (1922).

A postcard of the RMS Ivernia.
History
Name
  • 1955–1963: RMS Ivernia
  • 1963–1973: RMS Franconia
  • 1973–2004: Fedor Shalyapin
  • 2004: Salona[1]
Owner
Operator
  • 1955–1973: Cunard Line
  • 1973–1980: Far Eastern Shipping Company
  • 1980–1989: Black Sea Shipping Company
  • 1989–2004: Odessa Cruise Company
Port of registry
Ordered1951
BuilderJohn Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number693
Laid downDecember 1951
Launched14 December 1954
Christened1955
Completed1955
Maiden voyage1 July 1955
Out of service1995
Identification
FateScrapped at Alang, India, in 2004
General characteristics
Class and typeSaxonia-class ocean liner
Tonnage21,717 GRT
Length608 ft 3 in (185.39 m)
Beam80 ft 4 in (24.49 m)
Draught28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Installed power4 steam turbines, 24,500 shp (18,300 kW)
PropulsionTwo propellers
Speed
  • 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph),
  • 25 kn (46 km/h) during sea trials.
Capacity929 passengers
Crew461

RMS Ivernia was a Saxonia-class ocean liner, built in 1955 by John Brown & Company at Clydebank, Scotland for Cunard Line, for their transatlantic passenger service between the UK and Canada. In 1963 she was rebuilt as a cruise ship and renamed RMS Franconia, after the famous pre-war liner Franconia (1922). She continued to sail for Cunard until being withdrawn from service and laid up in 1971. In 1973 she was sold to the Soviet Union's Far Eastern Shipping Company and, renamed SS Fedor Shalyapin, cruised around Australia and the far East. In 1980 she was transferred to the Black Sea Shipping Company fleet, and for a time returned to cruising in the Mediterranean and around Europe. In 1989 she was transferred again, to the Odessa Cruise Company, and continued her career as a cruise ship until 1994. She was then laid up at Illichivsk, a Black Sea port 40 km (25 mi) southwest of Odesa, until 2004 when, as the Salona, she sailed to Alang, India, where she was scrapped.[2][3]

  1. ^ Asklander, Micke. "S/S Ivernia (1955)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. ^ "TSS Ivernia". Clydebuilt Ships Database. Archived from the original on 20 September 2004. Retrieved 17 February 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "RMS Ivernia Ship History". The Cunarders. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2010.