SS Lavia

RMS Media
History
Name	Media (1946–61) Flavia (1961–82) Flavian (1983–86) Lavia (1986–89)
Owner	Cunard White Star Line (1947–50) Cunard Line (1950–61) Compagnia Genovese de Armamento SpA (1961–69) Costa Armatori SpA (1969–82) Flavian Shipping SA (1982–86) Lavia Shipping SA (1986–89)
Operator	Cunard White Star Line (1947–50) Cunard Line (1950–61) Cogedar Line (1961–69) Costa Line (1969–82) C Y Tung Group (1982–86) Virtue Shipping Company (1986–89)
Port of registry	Liverpool (1947–61) Genoa (1961–82) Panama City (1982–89)
Route	Liverpool–New York (1947–61) Bremerhaven – Rotterdam – Tilbury – Curaçao – Panama Canal – Papeete – Auckland – Sydney – Melbourne – Fremantle – Aden – Suez Canal – Port Said – Cannes – Tilbury – Rotterdam – Bremerhaven (1962–67) Bremerhaven – Rotterdam – Tilbury – Curaçao – Panama Canal – Papeete – Auckland – Sydney – Melbourne – South Africa – Tilbury – Rotterdam – Bremerhaven (1967–68) Miami–Bahamas (1968–77, 1978–82)
Builder	John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank
Yard number	629
Launched	12 December 1946
Completed	August 1947
Maiden voyage	20 August 1947
Identification	UK Official Number 181093 (1947–61) Italian Official Number 3260 (1961–69) Italian Official Number 1069 (1969–82) IMO number: 5116139 (1961–89)
Fate	Caught fire 7 January 1989, scrapped June 1989
General characteristics
Type	Passenger-Cargo liner (1947–61) Ocean liner (1961–69) Cruise ship (1969–89)
Tonnage	13,345 GRT, 11,636 DWT (1947–61) 15,456 GRT (1961–89)
Length	531 ft (161.85 m) (1947–61) 557 ft (169.77 m) (1961–89)
Beam	70 ft (21.34 m)
Draught	26 ft (7.92 m)
Installed power	Two steam turbines 15,000 hp (11,000 kW), double reduction geared
Propulsion	Twin propellers
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h)
Capacity	250 1st class (Media) 1,320 tourist class (Flavia) 850 tourist class (Flavian, Lavia)

Lavia was a cruise ship that caught fire and sank in Hong Kong Harbour in 1989. She was built for Cunard White Star Line in 1947 as the cargo liner Media. In 1961 she was sold to Italy, rebuilt as an ocean liner and renamed Flavia. In 1969, she was refitted as a cruise ship and renamed Flavian. In 1982 she was sold to Panama and renamed Lavia. She was undergoing a refit when the fire occurred. The damage to her was so great that she was scrapped.