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RMS Etruria
History
United Kingdom
Name
Etruria
Namesake
Etruria
Owner
Cunard SS Co
Operator
Cunard SS Co
Port of registry
Liverpool
Route
Liverpool – Queenstown – New York
Ordered
1883
Builder
John Elder & Co, Glasgow
Yard number
286
Launched
20 September 1884
Completed
March 1885
Maiden voyage
25 April 1885
Out of service
August 1908
Identification
UK official number 91187
code letters JTPM
Fate
Scrapped in Preston in 1910
Notes
One of the last steamships to be fitted with auxiliary sails.
General characteristics
Type
Ocean liner
Tonnage
1884: 7,129 GRT, 3,258 NRT
Length
501.6 ft (152.9 m)
Beam
57.2 ft (17.4 m)
Depth
38.2 ft (11.6 m)
Decks
5
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
RMS Etruria was a transatlantic ocean liner built by John Elder & Co of Glasgow, Scotland in 1884 for Cunard Line. Etruria and her sister ship Umbria were the last two Cunarders that were fitted with auxiliary sails.[1] Both ships were among the fastest and largest liners then in service. Etruria was completed in March 1885, twelve weeks after Umbria, and entered service on the Liverpool – New York route.
Etruria had two large funnels that gave the outward impression of great power. She had three large steel masts that were barquentine-rigged. Another innovation was that she was equipped with refrigeration machinery, but it was the single-screw propulsion that would bring the most publicity later in her career.
The ship epitomized the luxuries of Victorian style. The public rooms in First Class were full of ornately carved furniture and heavy velvet curtains hung in all the rooms, and they were cluttered with bric-a-brac that period fashion dictated. These rooms, and the First Class cabins, were situated on the Promenade, Upper, Saloon and Main Decks. There was also a Music Room, Smoke Room for gentlemen, and separate dining rooms for First and Second Class passengers. By the standard of the day, Second Class accommodation was moderate, but spacious and comfortable. RMS Etruria's accommodation consisted of 550 First Class, and 800 Second Class passengers. However late in 1892 this changed to 500 First Class, 160 Second Class, and 800 Third Class (Steerage) passengers.
^Frame, Chris. "Early Cunarders of Particular Interest". Chris' Cunard Page. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
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