RMS ''Pannonia'' was a
transatlantic
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Cunard Liner that was built in Scotland in 1902 and scrapped in Germany in 1922.
Building
Furness Withy
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History
The company was founded by Christopher Furness and Henry Withy (1852–1922) in 1891 in Hartlepool. This was achieved by the amalgamati ...
ordered the ship from
John Brown & Company
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of
Clydebank,
Glasgow
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, but Cunard bought her before her launch on 5 September 1902.
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Arrangement
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, with a pair of three-cylinder triple-expansion engines
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whose combined rating was 811 NHP
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.
Career
On 15 May 1903 ''Pannonia'' began her maiden voyage, which was from Trieste
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via Fiume
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and Palermo to New York City
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.[ Her ]Master
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from 1 January 1911 until January 1912 was Captain Arthur Rostron, who later rescued survivors of RMS ''Titanic
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''. He was succeeded by Captain Robert Capper, under whose command in November 1913 ''Pannonia'' rescued 103 passengers from the Spanish steamship '' Balmes'', which was on fire. In May 1916 ''Pannonia'' became a troop ship
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, carrying troops from Canada
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to France
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.[
''Pannonia'' left New York for the last time on 18 April 1922, calling at Plymouth and Cherbourg and ending her crossing at ]Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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. There she was laid up until she was sold for scrap on 9 October.[
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References
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1902 ships
Ocean liners of the United Kingdom
Ships of the Cunard Line
Ships built on the River Clyde
Steamships of the United Kingdom
Troop ships of the United Kingdom
World War I passenger ships of the United Kingdom