SS Columbia (1894)

This article is about the British passenger vessel. For other uses, see List of ships named SS Columbia.

History
United Kingdom, France
Name
  • 1894–1912: SS Columbia
  • 1912–1915: SS Sitges
  • 1915–1918: SS Corse
Operator
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderJ and G Thomson, Clydebank
Yard number274
Launched4 September 1894
FateTorpedoed and sunk 24 January 1918
General characteristics
TypePassenger vessel/troopship
Tonnage1,145 gross register tons (GRT)
Length270.7 feet (82.5 m)
Beam34 feet (10 m)
Draught14.6 feet (4.5 m)

SS Columbia was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway in 1894.[1]

  1. ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.