Ascania, 1923

Item

Identifier: imm-0026

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Immigration and Steamships database contains descriptive information about 320 passenger and immigrant vessels built from 1833 to 1929. Records may identify the vessel, year built, shipping line, builder and place of construction, tonnage and dimensions, machinery and speed, masts and funnels, passenger capacities, routes, and vessel history. Most records are associated with one or more images from Mystic Seaport Museum collections.

Dates

Creation: 1923

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Cunard Line

Builder and location: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Newcastle, England

Tonnage and dimensions: 14,013 tons; 520' x 65'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 15 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 1 funnel

Passengers: Cabin: 500; 3rd class: 1,200

Routes: (London)-Southampton-Quebec-Montreal; Liverpool-Halifax;; Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal

History: Taken over by British government for war service in 1939. Resumed regualr service 1947. Refitted in 1949: 14,440 tons; 1st class 200; tourist 500. Scrapped 1957.

Legacy record identifier: Ascania1923