SS Winifredian (1899)
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History | |
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Name | SS Winifredian |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
Launched | 11 March 1899 |
Fate | broken up in Italy, 1929 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Displacement | 10,405 long tons (10,572 t) |
Length | 570 ft (170 m) |
Beam | 59 ft (18 m) |
Propulsion | Single screw, triple expansion engines |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
SS Winifredian was a passenger liner launched in 1899 for Leyland Line service between Liverpool and Boston. She carried a number of British officers and troops from Cape Town to Southampton in September of 1902 at the end of the Second Boer War[1] and served as a troopship thru World War I from 1914 to 1919. Her final voyages were between Antwerp and New York City for the Red Star Line in 1927.[2]
Citations[]
- ^ "Archive Page Viewer | September 19, 1902 | The Times". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Emmons, Frederick (1972). The Atlantic Liners. New York: Bonanza Books. p. 39.
Categories:
- Ocean liners
- 1899 ships