RMS Slavonia
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 Liverpool, United Kingdom
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| Builder: | Sir J. Laing & Sons |
| Yard number: | 600 |
| Launched: | 15 November 1902 |
| Completed: | June 1903 |
| Fate: | Wrecked 11 June 1909 |
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| Class and type: | Passenger ship |
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| Length: | 510 feet 0 inches (155.44 m) |
| Beam: | 59 feet 6 inches (18.13 m) |
| Installed power: | Triple expansion steam engines |
| Propulsion: | Twin screw propellers |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
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| Crew: | 225 |
Slavonia was a 10,606 GRT passenger ship that was built in 1902 as Yamuna for the British India Line. She was sold to the Cunard Line in 1903 and renamed Slavonia. She was wrecked in the Azores in 1909, sending out the first SOS message. All on board were rescued.
As built, the ship was 510 feet 0 inches (155.44 m) long, with a beam of 59 feet 6 inches (18.13 m). She was equipped with triple expansion steam engines, which were built by the Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd. These drove twin screw propellers and could propel the ship at 13 knots (24 km/h). She was assessed at 8,831 GRT. Accommodation for 40 first class and 800 steerage class passengers was provided.
Yamuna was built as yard number 600 by Sir J. Laing & Co Ltd, Sunderland, County Durham for the British India Line. She was launched on 15 November 1902 and completed in June 1903. She was the largest ship built at a British shipyard for eleven years. The United Kingdom Official Number 115761 was allocated. In 1904, she was sold to the Cunard Line and renamed Slavonia. She was used on the service between the Mediterranean and New York, United States. This service had been introduced as a temporary measure in the autumn of 1903 and was subsequently made permanent. After a refit, she was assessed at 10,606 GRT, 6,724 NRT. Her port of registry was Liverpool, Lancashire. Accommodation for 71 first class, 74 second class and 1,954 steerage class passengers was provided. Her crew numbered 225. Lifesaving equipment comprised twelve lifeboats, seven collapsible lifeboats and two other boats. She carried 24 lifebuoys and 2,340 lifebelts.Slavonia made her maiden voyage for Cunard Line on 17 March 1904, sailing from Sunderland to New York via Trieste and Fiume, Austrian Empire and Palermo, Italy.
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