Equipped with
quadruple expansion engines built by Harland & Wolff, with 8 cylinders of 22, 31 1/2, 46 & 67 inches diameter each pair and stroke 51 inches, delivering 642 nominal horsepower. She had twin screws and a speed of 14 knots. There was accommodation for 350 single-class passengers. Call sign: QRJD. Official registration #: 110537. Owners: "Oceanic Steam Navigation
Co. Ltd. (Ismay, Imrie & Co., managers)". Port of registry was Liverpool.
Chronological History
| Year |
Event |
| 1898 |
Nov. 6; Launched for Australian routes. Her tonnage was 11948 tons gross, 11183 under deck and 7804 net. She had one funnel, four masts, 3 decks, and refrigerated cargo space for the carriage of frozen meat |
| 1899 |
Feb. 8, departe on her maiden voyage Liverpool - New York (trail) - after which she returned to Belfast for some months to allow alterations to be carried out |
| 1899 |
Sept. 9 Liverpool-Capetown-Albany-Adelaide-Melbourne-Sydney |
| 1901 |
Liverpool → Melbourne Oct. 4 |
| 1917 |
Feb. 12; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UC66 off the Eddystone Rock in the English Channel, 22 lives lost |
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