Britannic
1930
(Carlo Marquardt CM-146)
- Type: Passenger
- Displacement: 26,943 tons
- Dimensions: 712 x 82 x 33 ft.
- Machinery: Burmeister & Wain diesels, twin screw, 20,000 BHP = 18 knots
- Passengers: 1,553 (504 cabin class, 551 tourist class, 498 third class)
- Crew: 500
- Builder: Harland & Wolff, Ltd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1930
- Service: Built for White Star Line; launched 6 Aug 1929. Maiden voyage 28 Jun 1930 Liverpool-Belfast-Glasgow-New York. Transferred to Cunard-White Star, 1934. London-Havre-Southampton-New York service 1935. Troopship, 1939-47. Refit at Liverpool; passengers now 429 first class, 564 tourist class, 27,666 GRT. Resumed transatlantic service 22 May 1948. Collided with US cargo ship Pioneer Land in Ambrose Channel, New York, 1 Jun 1950. Last voyage 11 Nov 1960 Liverpool-New York. Broken up in Scotland, 1961.
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