RMS Lucania

RMS Lucania
History
United Kingdom
Name	Lucania
Namesake	Lucania
Owner	Cunard Line
Port of registry	Liverpool, United Kingdom
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company yard in Govan, Scotland
Yard number	365
Launched	Thursday, 2 February 1893
Christened	Sir William Pearce, MP
Maiden voyage	2 September 1893
Fate	Scrapped by Thos. W. Ward after being damaged by a fire at Liverpool on 14 August 1909
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	12,950 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	622 ft (190 m)
Beam	65 ft 3 in (19.89 m)
Depth	41 ft 10 in (12.75 m)
Installed power	12 double-ended Scotch boilers 2 funnels 102 furnaces Two five-cylinder triple-expansion engines producing 31,000 ihp (23,000 kW)
Propulsion	Two triple-blade propellers.
Speed	Service speed 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) Top speed 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph)
Capacity	2,000 passengers total 600 first class 400 second class 1,000 third class
Crew	424

RMS Lucania was a British ocean liner owned by the Cunard Steamship Line Shipping Company, built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan, Scotland, and launched on Thursday, 2 February 1893.

Identical in dimensions and specifications to her sister ship and running mate RMS Campania, RMS Lucania was the joint largest passenger liner afloat when she entered service in 1893. On her second voyage, she won the prestigious Blue Riband from the other Cunarder to become the fastest passenger liner afloat, a title she kept until 1898.