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Perhaps the finest room in the vessels was the first class dining saloon, over 10 ft (3.05 m) high and measuring 98 ft (30 m) long by 63 ft (19.2 m) wide. Over the central part of this room was a well that rose through three decks to a skylight.
Victorian was 520.0 ft (158.5 m) long, her beam was 60.4 ft (18.4 m) and her depth was 38.0 ft (11.6 m). Her tonnages were 10,629 GRT and 6,744 NRT . [ 6 ] She had orlop decks fore and aft of her machinery spaces, and three full decks in her hull with berths for 240 second-class passengers on the main and upper deck and up to 940 in third class.
She was launched on 24 February 1906 and completed on 5 June 1906. She was built to the same dimensions as RMSP's first "A-liner", Aragon: 513.2 ft (156.4 m) long, 60.4 ft (18.4 m) beam and 30.5 ft (9.3 m) depth. Amazon ' s tonnages were 10,037 GRT and 6,301 NRT. [3] Amazon had twin screws, each driven by a quadruple expansion steam engine.
Railway Number and name Type or Class Builder Works Number Built Wheels Location Object Number Image S&D: Locomotion No. 1: R Stephenson: 3 1825 0-4-0
It was in a box three feet (914 mm) long by two feet (610 mm) wide and had been placed near the first-class gangway. One of the police officers tied a rope around the box and lowered it into the sea. When the box was lifted back up and opened, it was found to have 100 lb (45 kg) of dynamite attached to a crude timed fuse.
RMS Republic was a steam-powered ocean liner built in 1903 by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, and lost at sea in a collision in 1909 while sailing for the White Star Line.The ship was equipped with a new Marconi wireless telegraphy transmitter, and issued a CQD distress call, resulting in the saving of around 1,500 lives.
Used 1874–1876 and then sold. The 14-metre (45 ft) long vessel was built of iron and quoted at 13 knots (15 mph). The photo shows her being restored at the Kew Steam Museum. Since 1996 part of the River & Rowing Museum at Henley. [27] 1874 Marie: 35 Launch Yacht. The Royal Museums at Greenwich have the plans, but not much else is available ...
RMS Atrato was a UK steamship that was built in 1888 as a Royal Mail Ship and ocean liner for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. In 1912 she was sold and became the cruise ship The Viking . Late in 1914 she was requisitioned and converted into the armed merchant cruiser HMS Viknor .