Servia, 1881

Item

Identifier: imm-0287

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: 1881

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: J. & G. Thompson, Glasgow

Tonnage and dimensions: 7,392 tons; 515' x 52'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 17 knots

Masts and funnels: 3 masts, 2 funnels

Passengers: 1st class: 480; 3rd class: 750

Routes: Liverpool-Queenstown-NY

History: First Cunarder built of steel. SERVIA had 168 staterooms and a crew of 200. Circa 1887 accommodations were changed to 400 1st class, 200 2nd class and 500 3rd class. Became Boer War transport Nov. 1899. Resumed Liverpool-NY June 1900. Made 171 round voyag

Legacy record identifier: Servia1881