| Shipyard: | John Brown & Co., Ltd., Glasgow |
| Launched: | February 21, 1905 |
| Maiden voyage: | December 2, 1905 |
| Name: | RMS Carmania |
| Flags: | United Kingdom |
| Fate: | scrapped in 1932 at Blyth |
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Length: | 650 feet |
| Beam: | 72 feet |
| Tonnage: | 19,524 gross tons |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines turning three propellers |
| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Complement: | 2,650, reduced to 1,440 in 1923 |
The RMS Carmania (I) was a British passenger liner of the Cunard Line, which in World War I was converted to an armed merchant cruiser. John Brown and Company of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, was a pre-eminent Shipbuilder, responsible for building many notable Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Blyth ( or spelling pronunciation) is a Town in southeast Northumberland, England. Cunard Line is a British shipping company operator of the Ocean liners RMS ''Queen Elizabeth 2'' ( QE2) RMS ''Queen Mary 2'' ( World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Armed Merchantmen has come to mean merchant ships equipped with guns usually for defensive purposes either by design or after the fact
History
When launched, the Carmania and her sister ship, the Caronia, were the largest ships in the Cunard fleet and two of the fastest in the world, since they had been designed to compete with the Germans for the Blue Riband. For use of the related term "Blue Ribbon" see Blue ribbon (disambiguation. The Carmania had steam turbines, and the Caronia had quadruple-expansion engines. The Carmania traveled the New York-Liverpool route from 1905 to 1910, suffering one major fire in June 1910. In October 1913, while eastward bound, she responded to an SOS from the Volturno to pick up survivors in a storm, resulting in many awards for gallantry being presented to various members of her crew.
Following the outbreak of World War I, the Carmania was converted into an armed merchant cruiser, under the command of Captain Noel Grant. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Armed Merchantmen has come to mean merchant ships equipped with guns usually for defensive purposes either by design or after the fact She sailed from Liverpool to Shell Bay in Bermuda. Ba (officially The Bermuda Islands or The Somers Isles) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. She subsequently engaged and sank the German merchant cruiser SMS Cap Trafalgar near the Brazilian island of Trindade, suffering extensive damage herself and several casualties to her crew. Early Career She was originally a large Ocean liner built for passenger use at the Bremer Vulkan Shipyard on the Weser River in Bremen, Population history Transportation Trindade are linked with São Tomé and Príncipe's only highways linking to the capital city of São Tomé, another After repairs in Gibraltar she patrolled the coast of Portugal and the Atlantic islands for the next two years. Gibraltar (dʒɨˈbrɒltər is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar In 1916 she was summoned to assist in the Gallipoli campaign. Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu Yarımadası is located in Turkish Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles From May 1916 she was used as a troop ship and after the War to transport Canadian troops back from Europe.
In early 1920, she returned to passenger liner service, being refitted in 1923. In 1932, she was sold to Hughes Bocklow & Co. , and scrapped at Blyth. Blyth ( or spelling pronunciation) is a Town in southeast Northumberland, England.
References
- S/S Carmania, Cunard Line
- Caronia and Carmania - The Cabin Channel Steamers
- Carmania (I) - greatoceanliners. net
- Carmania I - Cunard: The Most Famous Ocean Liners in the World
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