SS Catalonia
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.jpg) SS Catalonia under steam | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS Catalonia |
| Namesake | Catalonia |
| Owner | Cunard Steamship Company Ltd, Liverpool |
| Builder | J. & G. Thomson & Co, Clydebank |
| Yard number | 180 |
| Launched | 14 May 1881 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1901 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 429.6 ft (130.9 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Depth | 18.7 ft (5.7 m) |
| Propulsion | C2cyl (51&88x60in), 600hp, 1 screw |
SS Catalonia was a cargo passenger vessel built in 1881 and owned by the Cunard Line.
The SS Catalonia was built in 1881 in Glasgow by J. & G. Thomson & Co. The Cunard Line returned the SS Abyssinia after her last voyage in 1880 as payment toward the building of the SS Catalonia and the SS Servia. SS Catalonia was launched on 14 May 1881 and began her maiden voyage on 6 August, sailing from Liverpool to Queenstown to New York City. Until 1899, the ship operated between Liverpool and Boston, with the exception of two other trips to New York (besides the maiden voyage). The ship measured 429.6 feet by 43 feet with 4,481 gross tonnage and could carry 200 first-class passengers and 1,500 third-class passengers.[1]