This article is about the ship. For other uses, see Bothnia (disambiguation).
Poster image of SS Bothnia
History
United Kingdom
Name
SS Bothnia
Namesake
Bothnia
Owner
Cunard Line
Port of registry
Liverpool
Builder
J. & G. Thomson & Co., Clydebank
Yard number
128
Launched
4 March 1874
Completed
June 1874
Maiden voyage
8 August 1874
Identification
Official number: 68094
Code letters: MVKQ
Fate
Scrapped, 1899
General characteristics
Type
Steamship
Tonnage
4,535 GRT
2,923 NRT
Length
422 ft 2 in (128.68 m)
Beam
42 ft 2 in (12.85 m)
Depth
18 ft 11 in (5.77 m)
Propulsion
1 × 600 hp (447 kW) steam compound steam engine
Sail plan
Barque-rigged
Speed
12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Capacity
1,400 passengers:
300 × 1st class
1,100 × 3rd class
SS Bothnia was a British steam passenger ship that sailed on the trans-Atlantic route between Liverpool and New York City or Boston. The ship was built by J & G Thomson of Clydebank, and launched on 4 March 1874 for the British & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, which became the Cunard Line in 1879.[1]
Constructed with an iron hull ship, and 4,535 gross register tons, and with a length of 422 feet. She was powered by a 600 hp 2-cylinder compound steam engine, barque-rigged on three masts, and had a top speed of 121⁄2 knots. She could carry up to 1,400 passengers, 300 in first class and 1,100 in 3rd class.[1]
Bothnia sailed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York via Queenstown on 8 August 1874, and on 15 April 1885, made her first voyage from Liverpool to Boston. She was withdrawn from service in mid-1898 and then sold, and was scrapped in Marseille in 1899.[2]
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^"Bothnia, Cunard Line". norwayheritage.com. 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
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