Laurentic I

Builder: Harland and Wolff Yard No.: 394 Launched: 1908 Maiden Voyage: 1909 Liverpool – Quebec – Montreal Gross Tonnage: 14,892 tons Length: 550.3 ft. Beam: 67.3 ft. Decks: 3 Funnels: 1 Masts: 2 Propellers: 3 Engines: 2 x 4 cylinder triple expansion + l.p. turbine driving centre prop Boilers: Speed: 17 knots Port of Registry: Liverpool Carrying Capacity: 230 first class, 430 second class, 1000 third class Sister Ships: Megantic When …

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SS Ceramic

Builder: Harland and Wolff Yard No.: 432 Launched: 11th December, 1912 Maiden Voyage: 24th July, 1913 Liverpool – Australia Gross Tonnage: 18,495 tons Length: 655.1 ft. Beam: 69.4 ft. Decks: 4 Funnels: 1 Masts: Propellers: 3 Engines: 2 x 3 cylinder triple expansion engines + low pressure turbine to centre prop. Boilers: Speed: 15.5 knots Port of Registry: Liverpool Carrying Capacity: Sister Ships: N/A Ceramic was built at the Belfast …

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Titanics Propellers

The Olympic-class liners were designed to rival the Cunard Line’s greyhound steamers Mauretania and Lusitania, however, there was one vital area where the Olympic-class liners lagged far behind the state-of-the-art Cunard sisters – speed. Cunard had borrowed money at very favourable rates from the U.K. Government to enable them to design and build the two …

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