Flag | United Kingdom | |
Shipping company | Cunard Line | |
Port of registry | Liverpool | |
Designer | Leonard Peskett | |
Gross tonnage | 45,647 | |
Length overall | 901 feet / 275.2 meters | |
Length between perpendiculars | 868.7 feet / 264.76 meters | |
Beam | 97 feet / 29.6 meters | |
Draft | 36 feet / 11.0 meters | |
Number of funnels | 4 | |
Number of masts | 2 | |
Machinery | Direct-drive Parsons steam turbine engines in triple expansion configuration, 59,000 horsepower, geared to quadruple screws | |
Service speed | 23 knots (24 knots top speed) | |
Builder | John Brown and Co., Clydebank, Scotland | |
Yard number | 409 | |
Godmother | Alice Stanley, Countess of Derby | |
Order date | 8 December 1910 | |
Launch date | 21 April 1913 | |
Maiden voyage | 30 May 1914 | |
Passenger accommodation | In 1914
In 1926
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Crew | 972 |