SS Russia (1867)
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| Route: | North Atlantic |
| Builder: | J & G Thomson, Glasgow |
| Yard number: | 93 |
| Launched: | 20 March 1867 |
| Maiden voyage: | 15 Jun 1867 |
| Out of service: | 8 March 1902 |
| Identification: | United Kingdom Official Number 12729 |
| Fate: | Sank after collision |
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| Type: | Liner |
| Tonnage: | 4.752 GRT |
| Length: | 109.1 m (358 ft) |
| Beam: | 13.1 m (43 ft) |
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| Sail plan: | 3 masts |
| Speed: | 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
SS Russia was a Cunard liner built by J & G Thomson of Glasgow. She was launched 20 March 1867 and made her maiden voyage in June of the same year. The writer Charles Dickens returned to England on the Russia after his second tour of the United States and was fulsome in his praise of the ship.[1]
She was sold to the Red Star Line in 1880 and renamed Waesland. Red Star replaced her engine with a compound engine which was replaced in turn in 1889 with a triple expansion engine. In 1895 she was chartered to the American Line who named her Philadelphia. In 1902 she was in collision with the Harmonides off the coast of Anglesey and sank with the loss of two lives.[2]
For many years a painting of the Russia hung in the London offices of Cunard.[1]
References
- 1 2 Wills, Elspeth (2010). The Fleet 1840 - 2010. London: The Open Agency. p. 23. ISBN 9 780954 245184.
- ↑ "Russia, Cunard Line". Norway Heritage. Retrieved 3 December 2016.