SS Bothnia

This article is about the ship. For other uses, see Bothnia (disambiguation).

Poster image of SS Bothnia
History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Bothnia
Namesake	Gulf of Bothnia
Owner	Cunard Line
Port of registry	Liverpool
Builder	J. & G. Thomson & Co., Clydebank
Yard number	128
Launched	4 March 1874
Completed	June 1874
Maiden voyage	8 August 1874
Identification	Official number: 68094 Code letters: MVKQ
Fate	Scrapped, 1899
General characteristics
Type	Steamship
Tonnage	4,535  GRT 2,923  NRT
Length	422 ft 2 in (128.68 m)
Beam	42 ft 2 in (12.85 m)
Depth	18 ft 11 in (5.77 m)
Propulsion	1 × 600 hp (447 kW) steam compound steam engine
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Capacity	1,400 passengers: 300 × 1st class 1,100 × 3rd class

SS Bothnia was a British steam passenger ship that sailed on the trans-Atlantic route between Liverpool and New York City or Boston. The ship was built by J & G Thomson of Clydebank, and launched on 4 March 1874 for the British & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, which became the Cunard Line in 1879. ^[1]

Constructed with an iron hull ship, and 4,535 gross register tons, and with a length of 422 feet. She was powered by a 600 hp 2-cylinder compound steam engine, barque-rigged on three masts, and had a top speed of 121⁄2 knots. She could carry up to 1,400 passengers, 300 in first class and 1,100 in 3rd class. ^[1]

Bothnia sailed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York via Queenstown on 8 August 1874, and on 15 April 1885, made her first voyage from Liverpool to Boston. She was withdrawn from service in mid-1898 and then sold, and was scrapped in Marseille in 1899. ^[2]

References

1. "SS Bothnia". Clyde-built Ship Database . 2012. Archived from the original on 7 November 2004. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
2. "Bothnia, Cunard Line". norwayheritage.com. 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.