 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | SS Scythia |
| Owner | Cunard Line |
| Port of registry | Liverpool |
| Builder | James & George Thomson, Clydebank |
| Yard number | 129 |
| Launched | 28 October 1874 |
| Completed | May 1875 |
| Maiden voyage | 1 May 1875 |
| In service | 1875 |
| Out of service | 1898 |
| Identification | United Kingdom Official Number 71693 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1899 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 4,557 GRT |
| Length | 420.8 ft (128.3 m) |
| Beam | 42.2 ft (12.9 m) |
| Depth | 18.9 ft (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × 600 hp (447 kW) steam compound steam engine |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Capacity | 300 first class and 1,100 steerage passengers |
SSScythia was a British steam passenger ship that sailed on the trans-Atlantic route between Liverpool and New York City, and later Boston. The ship was built by James & George Thomson of Clydebank, and launched on 28 October 1874 for the British & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, which became the Cunard Line in 1879. [1]
Scythia was built with an iron hull, with a gross register tonnage of 4,557, and a length of 420.8 feet long. She was powered by a single 600 hp 2-cylinder compound steam engine and had a top speed of 13 knots. [1]
Scythia sailed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York via Queenstown on 1 May 1875, and made her first voyage from Liverpool to Boston on 13 June 1884. She was retired from service in 1898, and was scrapped in Genoa, Italy in 1899. [2]