City of Rome
1881
(Albatros AL-171)
- Type: Passenger
- Displacement: 8,415 tons
- Dimensions: 560 x 52 ft.
- Machinery: Three inverted tandem compound steam engines, single screw, 11,890ihp = 18 knots
- Passengers:
- Builder: Barrow Shipbuilding, Barrow, 1881
- Service: Built for the Inman Line, Liverpool to New York service. Iron hull; second largest ship in the world at time of completion. Speed performance was below that of her competitors and after a few voyages she was returned to the shipyard. Subsequently sold to Anchor Line.
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