Ultonia | Norway Heritage

Ship Data

Type	Built	Burden	Dimensions	Line / Owner
S.S.	1898 at Wallsend-on-Tyne, England by C. S. Swan & Hunter	8,845 gross	500ft x 57.4ft x 33.9ft	Cunard Line

Details: 10,402 tons gross, 7,725 under deck and 6,593 net. Bridge 140 feet. She had one funnel, four masts, twin screws and a speed of 13 knots. Propulsion: triple expansion engines with 6 cylinders of 23 1/2, 38 1/2 & 68 inches diameter each pair; stroke 48 inches; operating at 200 p.s.i.; 968 nominal horsepower; 6 single ended boilers; 18 corrugated furnaces; grate surface 346 sq. ft.; heating surface 4,400 sq. ft.; forced draught; engine built by Sir C. Furness, Westgarth & Co. Ltd. in Middlesborough.

Cunard Line steamship Ultonia
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Ultonia, Cunard Line steamship
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Picture of the S/S Ultonia, Cunard Line
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The Ultonia of the Cunard Line
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Ultonia steerage interiors, Cunard Line steamship. Upper left is the 3rd class dining saloon (Matsal), upper right is the 3rd class smoking room (Rökrom), lower left shows the 3rd class ladies saloon (Damsalong) and the lower right image is of a 3rd class sleeping cabing for 2 persons (Hytt för 2 personer).
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Ultonia - Cunard Line steamship - at Palermo
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Chronological History

Year	Event
1898	June 4, launched for cargo & cattle trade
1899	Feb. 28, first voyage as a passenger ship Liverpool - Queenstown - Boston
1899	Fitted with 3-rd class accommodation for 675 passengers
1899	Liverpool → Boston Nov. 16
1900	Liverpool → Boston May 18
1900	Liverpool → Boston June 30
1900	Liverpool → Boston Aug. 3
1900	Liverpool → Boston Aug. 4
1900	Liverpool → Boston Sept. 7
1900	Liverpool → Boston Oct. 13
1900	Liverpool → Boston Nov. 18
1901	Liverpool → Boston Mar. 12
1901	Liverpool → Boston Apr. 13
1901	Liverpool → Boston May 17
1901	Liverpool → Boston June 21
1901	Liverpool → Boston Aug. 29
1901	Liverpool → Boston Oct. 3
1901	Liverpool → Boston Nov. 8
1901	Liverpool → Boston Dec. 14
1902	Liverpool → Boston Feb. 24
1902	Liverpool → Boston Mar. 25
1902	Liverpool → Boston May 2
1902	Liverpool → Boston July 12. Crossing the Ocean in 7 days.
1902	Liverpool → Boston Aug. 6. Crossing the Ocean in 8 days.
1902	Liverpool → Boston Sept. 5
1902	Liverpool → Boston Oct. 3
1902	Liverpool → Boston Nov. 1
1902	Liverpool → Boston Dec. 7
1903	Liverpool → Boston Jan. 11
1903	Liverpool → Boston Mar. 28
1903	Liverpool → Boston Apr. 24
1903	Liverpool → Boston May 23
1903	Liverpool → Boston June 18
1903	Liverpool → Boston Aug. 13
1903	Liverpool → Boston Sept. 10
1903	Liverpool → Boston Oct. 12
1903	Liverpool → Boston Nov. 12. Arrived in Boston at 06:00 morning.
1904	Liverpool → Boston Jan. 23
1904	Rebuilt, fitted for 2nd-class accommodation for 120 passenger, 3rd-class fitted to accommodate 2,100 passengers. New tonnage: 10,402 gross
1904	April: Fiume - Gibraltar - New York
1909	March 10, arrived Liverpool from Halifax (Nova Scotia) and St. John (Newfoundland).
1913	Adriatic - New York. Liverpool - Boston
1914	Adriatic - New York
1915	Feb.: was fitted out at New York to carry 2,000 horses
1915	New York - St Nazaire
1917	Torpedoed and sunk 190 miles from Fastnet by German sub. U-53 , one life lost