RMS Victorian

Victorian in a 1904 magazine illustration
History
United Kingdom
Name	Victorian (1904–22) Marloch (1922–29)
Owner	Allan Line (1905–17) Canadian Pacific (1917–29)
Operator	Allan Line (1904–09) Allan Bros & Co (UK) Ltd (1909–14) Royal Navy (1914–18) Canadian Pacific (1920–29)
Port of registry	Glasgow
Route	Liverpool – Montreal
Ordered	October 1903
Builder	Workman, Clark and Company
Yard number	206
Launched	25 August 1904
Completed	March 1905
Maiden voyage	23 March 1905
Refit	1919, re-engined 1922
Identification	UK official number 121216 Code letters HCFM Wireless call sign: MVN Pennant number (as AMC): M 56 (August 1914 – January 1918) MI 91 (January – April 1918) MI 51 (April – November 1918)
Fate	Scrapped 1929
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	10,629 GRT 6,744 NRT
Length	520.0 ft (158.5 m)
Beam	60.4 ft (18.4 m)
Draught	26 ft 11 in (8.2 m) forward 29 ft 5 in (9.0 m) aft
Depth	38.0 ft (11.6 m)
Decks	3
Installed power	12,000 SHP
Propulsion	Steam turbines, three Propellers
Speed	19.5 knots (36.1 km/h)
Capacity	as built: 470 1st class 240 2nd class 940 3rd class cargo: 8,000 tons
Armament	as Armed merchant cruiser: primary armament: August 1914 – June 1915: 8 × QF 4.7-inch guns June 1915 – November 1918: 6 × BL 6-inch & QF 6-inch naval guns secondary armament: June 1915 – May 1916: 2 × 6-pdr guns May 1916 – November 1918: 2 × AA guns by October 1916: Depth charges
Notes	Sister ship: Virginian

RMS Victorian was the world's first turbine-powered ocean liner. She was designed as a transatlantic liner and mail ship for Allan Line and launched in 1904.

Victorian was built in Belfast. She had a sister ship, Virginian, which was built in Scotland and launched four months later.

Throughout the First World War Victorian was an armed merchant cruiser (AMC). In 1918 she also carried cargo and troops.

In 1920, she returned to civilian service with the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company, but in 1921, the British Government chartered her as a troop ship. In 1922, Canadian Pacific renamed her Marloch. She was scrapped in 1929 after a quarter of a century of successful service.