HMT Saxonia
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| History | |
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| Name | HMT Saxonia |
| Owner | Cunard Steam Ship Co. Ltd., Liverpool |
| Builder | John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank |
| Yard number | 339 |
| Launched | 16 Dec 1899 |
| Completed | April 1900 |
| In service | 22 May 1900 |
| Out of service | 1925 |
| Fate | broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger liner / cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 14,281 tons |
| Length | 580.0 ft (176.78m) |
| Beam | 64.2 ft (19.56m) |
| Depth | 30.4 ft (9.25m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 15 knots (27.78 km/h) |
Remarks
Built for the Cunard Line to ply the Liverpool to Boston and Liverpool to New York routes. When the United Kingdom entered World War I in August 1914, Saxonia was requisitioned for government service and taken off her then Trieste-Boston route.
She made a single voyage as a troopship, then was tied up in England on the River Thames as an accommodation ship for German prisoners of war. In March 1915, she resumed service as a troopship, receivig a major refit in 1920. Initially she could carry 164 first class, 200 second class, and 1,600 third class passengers, but this was reduced to 1,449 total after her 1920 refit. In 1925, the aging and outdated Saxonia was sold to the Hendrik Ido Ambacht company in the Netherlands for scrapping.