The RMS Britannia was an ocean liner of the British Cunard Steamship Lines. Royal Mail Ship (sometimes Steam-ship, Steamer) usually seen in its abbreviated form RMS, is the Ship prefix used for seagoing vessels that An ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one Seaport to another along regular long-distance Maritime routes according to a schedule The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Cunard Line is a British shipping company operator of the Ocean liners RMS ''Queen Elizabeth 2'' ( QE2) RMS ''Queen Mary 2'' ( She was launched in February 5, 1840 at the yard of Robert Duncan & Company in Greenock, Scotland. Greenock ( Gaelic Grianaig g̊ɾʲiənɛg̊ʲ is a large town and former Burgh of barony in the Inverclyde Council area of western The ship and her sisters, Acadia, Caledonia, and Columbia, were the first ocean liners built by the company.
The Britannia was a small ship, 207 feet (63 m) long and 34 feet (10. 3 m) across the beam, with three masts. She was relatively fast for the time at about ten knots. She had paddle wheels and her two-cylinder side-valve engine (from Robert Napier) had an output of about 740 i. Several notable persons have been named Robert Napier: Sir Robert Napier (died 1615 English judge and Member of Parliament Chief Baron of the Exchequer in h. p. She had a displacement of 1,154 tons. She was capable of carrying 115 passengers with a crew of 82. [1].
On her maiden voyage, on July 4, 1840, she made Halifax, Nova Scotia from Liverpool, England in 12 days and 10 hours. The City of Halifax (est 1841 is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Her homeward run was made in just 10 days at an average speed of 10 knots (19 km/h). [2]
She was joined by her sister ship Acadia in August 1840, by Caledonia in October 1840 and by Columbia in January 1841. All four ships could carry 115 passengers and 225 tons of cargo. The dining saloon was a long deck-house placed on the upper deck and there was also a 'ladies only' saloon. The fare to Halifax was 35 guineas, which included wines and spirits as well as food. [2]
In January 1842 Charles Dickens traveled to the United States on Britannia. He was seasick for most of the voyage and returned home on a sailing ship. [3]
As Barbarossa in German service
In March 1849 she was sold by Cunard to the German Confederation Navy and was renamed SMS Barbarossa. The German Confederation (Deutscher Bund was the association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to serve as the successor to The RMS Britannia was an Ocean liner of the British Cunard Steamship Lines. She had nine guns fitted, and was the flagship of the Reichsflotte under Karl Rudolf Brommy in the Battle of Heligoland (1849). The Reichsflotte (Imperial Fleet was the first all- German Navy. Rear Admiral Karl Rudolf Brommy (changed his name to reflect the English pronunciation of his original name Bromme ( September 10, 1804 &ndash January The first Battle of Heligoland took place on 14 June 1849 during the First Schleswig War and pitted the fledgling all-German navy known as the Reichsflotte In June 1852 she was transferred to the Prussian Navy and used as a barracks ship at Danzig. Gdańsk ( Polish pronunciation; 'Danzig', Gduńsk Gedania Dantiscum is the City at the centre of the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in Poland In May 1880 she was decommissioned from the Prussian Navy and in July 1880 she was sunk as a target ship. A target ship is a vessel — typically an obsolete or captured Warship — used for naval Gunnery practice or for weapons testing [4]
Film depiction of RMS Britannia
The funding and first crossing of the Britannia were key plot plot elements in a Warner Brothers film released in 1941 as Atlantic Ferry in the U. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and K. , and Sons of the Sea in the U. S.
References
- ^ Lavery, Brian. "SHIP: The Epic Story of Maritime Adventure", p. 209. DK Publishing 2004.
- ^ a b Bernard Dumpleton, “The Story of the Paddle Steamer”, 1973, The Uffington Press, ISBN 0854750576
- ^ MaritimeQuest- SS Britannia / Barbarossa
- ^ MaritimeQuest- SS Britannia / Barbarossa
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