RMS Umbria

RMS Umbria
History
United Kingdom
Name	RMS Umbria
Namesake	Umbria
Owner	Cunard SS Co
Operator	Cunard SS Co
Port of registry	Liverpool
Route	Liverpool – Queenstown – New York
Ordered	19 July 1883
Builder	John Elder & Co, Govan
Yard number	285
Launched	25 June 1884
Completed	8 October 1884
Maiden voyage	1 November 1884
In service	1 November 1884
Out of service	1910
Identification	UK official number 91159 code letters JPWV
Fate	Scrapped 1910
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	1884: 7,129 GRT, 3,268 NRT
Length	501.6 ft (152.9 m)
Beam	57.2 ft (17.4 m)
Depth	38.2 ft (11.6 m)
Decks	6
Installed power	1,559 NHP
Propulsion	3-cylinder compound engine
Sail plan	barquentine
Speed	19.5 knots (36.1 km/h)
Capacity	1885: 550 First Class 800 Second Class 1892: 500 First Class 160 Second Class 800 Third Class
Crew	560

RMS Umbria was a British ocean liner of the Cunard Line. She and her sister ship RMS Etruria were the last two Cunard express ocean liners that were fitted with auxiliary sails. Umbria was also the last express steamship to be built for a North Atlantic route with a compound engine. By 1885, the triple expansion engine was the almost universal specification for newly built steamships.^{[1]: 89 [2]: 126} John Elder & Co. built Umbria in Govan, Glasgow, in 1884.

Umbria and her running mate Etruria were record breakers. They were the largest liners then in service, and they plied the Liverpool – New York City route. Umbria was launched by the Honourable Mrs. Hope on 25 June 1884, with wide press coverage, because she was the largest ship afloat, apart from Great Eastern, which by that time was redundant.^{[3][failed verification]}