CUNARD RMS CARONIA, 1904, ORIGINAL BUILDERS RECEIPT, Relayed messages from TITANIC

Atlas Steel & Iron Works, Sheffield

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April 14, 1912

Eastbound, New York - Queenstown - Liverpool.

9a.m. to 11:40 a.m. - In wireless contact with Titanic. Relayed Noordam's message of ice at 42 ° N., from 49° to 51°

April 14, 1912

Eastbound, New York - Queenstown - Liverpool.

9a.m. to 11:40 a.m. - In wireless contact with Titanic. Relayed Noordam's message of ice at 42 ° N., from 49° to 51°


Caronia

 
Cunard Line
 


Image of ss Caronia (Cunard Line)


Length:650.0 ft.
Breadth:72.2 ft.
Draft (or Depth):40.2 ft.
Tonnage:19,687 tons (gross), 10,773 (underdeck), 10,306 (net)
Engines:Quadruple expansion, 8 cyl. (2) 39" (2) 54.5" (2) 77" (2) 110" x 66" stroke
Speed:18 knots
Builder:John Brown & Company, Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland (Yard No. 362)
Launched:July 13, 1904
Maiden Voyage:February 25, 1905
Disposition:1933 (Scrapped)
Particulars:








Port of Registry: Liverpool England
Flag of Registry: British
Funnel color: Red; black top, three narrow black bands.
Company flag: Red; at center, a golden lion holding a globe
Signal Letters: H B T Q
Wireless call letters: M R A
Details: Steel hull, 2 funnels, 2 masts, twin screw, refrigeration machinery, submarine signal, electric light, wireless.

 

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.

April 14, 1912

Eastbound, New York - Queenstown - Liverpool.

9a.m. to 11:40 a.m. - In wireless contact with Titanic. Relayed Noordam's message of ice at 42 ° N., from 49° to 51° W.

April 14, 1912

Eastbound, New York - Queenstown - Liverpool.

9a.m. to 11:40 a.m. - In wireless contact with Titanic. Relayed Noordam's message of ice at 42 ° N., from 49° to 51°

Data:

February 25, 1905

Maiden voyage, Liverpool to New York and return.

1914

Became armed merchant cruiser.

1920

Converted to oil.

1922

Hamburg - Southampton - New York run.

1924

Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal run.

1925

Liverpool - Boston - New York run.

1926-1931

London - Havre - Southampton - New York run.

1931

Laid up. Sold for £20,000 to Hughes Bolckow.

1932

Sold to Japan for £39,000. Renamed Taiseiyo Maru ("The Great Ocean Ship"); towed to Japan for scrapping.

1933

Scrapped.