The Carmania

Built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland, 1905. 19,524 gross tons; 675 (bp) feet long; 72 feet wide. Steam turbine engines, triple screw. Service speed 18 knots. 1,550 passengers (300 first class, 350 second class, 900 third class).Two funnels, two masts.

Built for Cunard Line, British flag, in 1905 and named Carmania. Liverpool-New York service. Served as an armed merchant cruiser, then troopship 1914-18. Scrapped at Blyth in 1932.

Photo: Peabody Salem Museum