SS Britannic (1874)

History
Name	Britannic
Owner	White Star Line
Port of registry
Route	Liverpool to New York standard route.
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	83
Launched	3 February 1874
Completed	6 June 1874
Maiden voyage	25 June 1874
Honors and awards	Blue Riband winner
Fate	Scrapped in 1903
General characteristics
Type	Steamship
Tonnage	5,004 GRT[1]
Length	468 ft (142.65 m)
Depth	45 ft (13.72 m)
Installed power	Steam
Propulsion	Single screw propeller
Sail plan	4 masts, full-rigged ship
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Capacity	220 Saloon- 1500 Steerage
Crew	150

SS Britannic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line. She was the first of three ships of the White Star Line to sail with the Britannic name.

Britannic was a single-screw passenger steamship equipped with sails built for the White Star Line's North Atlantic run. She was initially to be called Hellenic, but, just prior to her launch, her name was changed to Britannic. Together with her sister Germanic, Britannic sailed for nearly thirty years, primarily carrying immigrant passengers on the highly trafficked Liverpool to New York City route. In 1876 she received the Blue Riband, both westbound and eastbound, by averaging almost 16 knots (30 km/h).