R.M.S. Campania
1893
(Navis NM-902)
- Type: Passenger
- Displacement: 12,950 tons
- Dimensions: 620 x 65 x 26 ft.
- Machinery: Steam 10-cylinder, triple-expansion reciprocating engines, twin screw, 30,000ihp = 21 knots
- Passengers: 2,000 (600 first class, 400 second class, 1000 third class)
- Crew: 400
- Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland, 1893
- Service: Built for Cunard Line's Liverpool-New York service. Maiden voyage 22 Apr 1893. Largest and fastest ship afloat. Holder of the Blue Riband 1893-94, losing to her sister ship, Lucania. Collision with barque Embleton 21 July 1900 sank the latter with loss of 11 lives. In 1904, a rogue wave swept five steerage passengers overboard, the first time in history the Cunard Line lost passengers through an accident. On 14 April 1914 she made her 250th crossing. Taken over by Royal Navy during World War I, Campania was converted to an aircraft carrier, becoming the first Royal Navy vessel to launch aircraft whilst underway. Missed Battle of Jutland because of engine trouble. Dragged anchor in the Firth of Forth, 5 November 1918, and collided with battleship Revenge, sinking in two hours.
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