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Ship – RMS Caronia
Ship Details
Name: RMS Caronia
Owner: Cunard Steamship Company
Further information at: en.wikipedia.org
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Notes & Comments
Info collected by Bruce Maliphant [##48059]
JOURNEYS
| Surname | First Name | Ref ID | From | ↓ Select ↓ | To | Departure | Arrival | Transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALIPHANT | George Stephen | 46012 | U.S.A. |   | U.K. | 1st October 1910 E | 8th October 1910 | RMS Caronia |
| MALIPHANT | Elizabeth | 46512 | U.S.A. | | U.K. | 1st October 1910 E | 8th October 1910 | RMS Caronia |
| MALIPHANT | George Stephen | 47023 | U.S.A. | | U.K. | 1st October 1910 E | 8th October 1910 | RMS Caronia |
SPECIFICATIONS
Built by John Brown & Co., Ltd., Clydebank, Glasgow.
Tonnage: 19,782.
Dimensions: 650′ x 72′.
Triple-screw, 18 knots.
Two masts and two funnels.
Sold to an English shipbreaking firm in January, 1932, but they resold her to Japanese shipbreakers for a larger sum of money and she sailed to Japan under the name Taiseiyo Maru.
Scrapped in 1933.
Sister ship: Carmania.
Note: These two sister ships proved to be very steady in bad weather.