HISTORY
RMS Campania was a British ocean liner owned
by the Cunard Steamship Line Shipping Company, built by
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan,
Scotland, and launched on Thursday, 8 September 1891.
Identical in dimensions and specifications to her sister
ship RMS Lucania, Campania was the largest and fastest
passenger liner afloat when she entered service in 1893. She
crossed the Atlantic in less than six days; and on her
second voyage in 1893, she won the prestigious Blue Riband,
previously held by the Inman Liner SS City of Paris. The
following year, Lucania won the Blue Riband and kept the
title until 1898 - Campania being the marginally slower of
the two sisters.
Name: |
RMS Campania |
Owner: |
Cunard Line |
Port of registry: |
Liverpool,
United Kingdom |
Builder: |
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company,
yard in
Govan,
Scotland |
Laid down: |
22 September 1891 |
Launched: |
8 September 1892 |
Christened: |
Lady Burns |
Maiden voyage: |
22 April 1893 |
Fate: |
Sunk in a collision with
HMS Glorious 5 November 1918 |
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