Carinthia, 1925

Item

Identifier: imm-0057

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: 1925

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: Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness, England

Tonnage and dimensions: 20,277 tons; 600' x 73'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 18 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 1 funnel

Passengers: 1st class: 240; 2nd class: 460; 3rd class: 950

Routes: Liverpool-NY; London-Southampton-NY

History: Laid down as SERVIA but launched as CARINTHIA. Maiden voyage Liverpool-NY Aug. 22, 1925. 1925-33 Liverpool-NY in summer, cruising in winter. Became armed merchant cruiser in 1939. Torpedoed and sunk by U.46 off coast of Northern Ireland.

Legacy record identifier: Carinthia1925