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RMS Caronia (1904)

Cunard line transatlantic steam ocean liner

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	RMS Caronia 1905.jpg
image_caption	Caronia under way
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United Kingdom
flag
name	1904: Caronia*
namesake	*1904: Caro Brown
nickname	"pretty sister of Carmania"
owner	Cunard Line
operator	1914–15: United Kingdom Royal Navy
registry	*1904: Liverpool
builder	John Brown & Co, Clydebank
yard_number	362
launched	13 July 1904
completed	February 1905
maiden_voyage	25 February 1905
identification	*UK official number: 120826
fate	Scrapped 1933 in Osaka
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
type	Ocean liner
tonnage	*1904:
length	*650.0 ft registered length
*{{cvt	678	ft	abbr	on}} o/a
beam	72.2 ft
draught	33 ft
depth	40.2 ft
power	*3,363 NHP
propulsion	*2 × quadruple-expansion engines
speed	18 kn
capacity	*1,550 passengers:
sensors	*by 1930:
armament	*(as AMC):
notes	sister ship:

1932: Taiseiyo Maru
1932: Japanese for "Atlantic Ship"
1932: Osaka
Code letters HBTQ
by 1913: call sign MRA
1914–15: pennant number: M 53
,
1909:
,
after 1924 refit:
,
678 ft o/a
22,000 IHP
2 × screws
300 first class
350 second class
900 third class
cargo: 46280 cuft refrigerated
submarine signalling
wireless direction finding
8 × QF 4.7 inch Mk V naval guns

'*RMS *Caronia''''' was a Cunard Line transatlantic steam ocean liner. She was launched in 1904 and scrapped in 1932. In World War I she was first an armed merchant cruiser (AMC) and then a troop ship.

was launched in 1905 as her sister ship, although the two had different machinery. When new, the pair were the largest ships in the Cunard fleet.

Building

John Brown & Company of Clydebank launched Caronia on 13 July 1904 and completed her in February 1905. She was the only ship in the Cunard fleet to be named after an American, being named after Caro Brown, granddaughter of Cunard's New York agent.

Caronia was propelled by quadruple-expansion engines. Carmania had steam turbines, and proved to be the more economical of the two.

Her holds included 46280 cuft refrigerated cargo space.

Service

Caronia left Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York on 25 February 1905. A successful 1906 cruise from New York to the Mediterranean led to Caronia frequently being used for cruising.

On 14 April 1912 Caronia transmitted the first ice warning at 09:00 to RMS Titanic reporting "bergs, growlers and field ice".

In 1914 Cunard briefly placed Caronia on its Boston service. At the start of the First World War the Admiralty requisitioned her to be an armed merchant cruiser. She was stationed off New York on contraband patrol. She was a troop ship from 1916 until after the Armistice of 11 November 1918. Her last duties were to repatriate Canadian troops in 1919. She returned to the Liverpool – New York run after the war.

In 1920 Caronia was converted to burn oil instead of coal.

After returning to service, she sailed on a number of different routes, including:

Liverpool – New York / Boston
London – New York
Liverpool - Mediterranean cruise stopping at Gibraltar, Algiers, Monaco, Genoa and Naples (Dec 1921 - approx Mar 1922)
Hamburg – New York (1922)
Liverpool – Quebec (1924)
New York – Havana

Fate

In 1931 Cunard laid up Caronia, and then sold her for £20,000 to Hughes Bolckow & Co for scrap. In 1932 Hughes Bolckow sold her to Kobe Kaiun KK for £39,000, who renamed her Taiseiyo Maru ("The Atlantic Ship"). Kobe Kaiun had her towed to Osaka, where demolition work started on 28 March 1933.

References

Bibliography

References

Ljungström, Henrik. (23 March 2018). "Carmania (I)". The Great Ocean Liners.
"Caronia". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust.
(1930). "Lloyd's Register". Lloyd's Register.
{{harvnb. Wills. 2010
Frame, Chris. (14 February 2015). "Caronia". Chris' Cunard Page.
(1930). "Lloyd's Register". Lloyd's Register.
(5 September 1914). "Boot and Shoe Recorder". Chilton Company.
"Caronia". Titanic Inquiry Project.

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