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RMS Adriatic
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History
Name SS Adriatic
Owner Oceanic Steam Ship Co
Builder Harland and Wolff Belfast
Yard number 358
Launched 20 Sep 1906
Completed 25 Apr 1907
In service 8 May 1907
Out of service 1935
Fate scrapped at Osaka 1935
General characteristics
Type Ocean Liner
Tonnage 24,541 tons
Length 222.0m
Beam 23.0m
Depth 16.0m
Propulsion Twin screw
Speed 17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity 2,825 passengers



Remarks

Owned by the White Star line and used on the Southampton to New York run until 1911 after which she serviced the Liverpool-New York route. When launched she was promoted as "the largest ship in the world"


She was the first liner to feature a swimming pool and Turkish bath. She could carry 2,825 passengers in three classes 425 x 1st, 500 x 2nd, and 1,900 x 3rd. Early in World War 1 she continued to provide normal passenger services between Liverpool and New York before being used as a troop ship, surviving without incident once the USA joined the war. From 12 Apr 1917 to 28 Feb 1919, the ship served under the Liner Requisition Scheme and carried troops and ammunition across the Atlantic after the entry by the United States into the war.


Returned to her owners, after the war she was converted to a cabin-class ship until 1933 when she was withdrawn from the New York service and converted for cruising. She was scrapped in Japan during 1935.

Soldiers carried

Liverpool to San Franciso 1 - 20 December 1918