SS Bothnia

SS Bothnia was a British steam passenger ship that sailed on the trans-Atlantic route between Liverpool and New York City or Boston. The ship was built by J & G Thomson of Clydebank, and launched on 4 March 1874 for the British & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, which became the Cunard Line in 1879.[1]

This article is about the ship. For other uses, see Bothnia (disambiguation).

Poster image of SS Bothnia
Poster image of SS Bothnia
History
United Kingdom
NameSS Bothnia
NamesakeBothnia
OwnerCunard Line
Port of registryLiverpool
BuilderJ. & G. Thomson & Co., Clydebank
Yard number128
Launched4 March 1874
CompletedJune 1874
Maiden voyage8 August 1874
Identification
FateScrapped, 1899
General characteristics
TypeSteamship
Tonnage
Length422 ft 2 in (128.68 m)
Beam42 ft 2 in (12.85 m)
Depth18 ft 11 in (5.77 m)
Propulsion1 × 600 hp (447 kW) steam compound steam engine
Sail planBarque-rigged
Speed12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Capacity
  • 1,400 passengers:
  • 300 × 1st class
  • 1,100 × 3rd class

Constructed with an iron hull ship, and 4,535 gross register tons, and with a length of 422 feet. She was powered by a 600 hp 2-cylinder compound steam engine, barque-rigged on three masts, and had a top speed of 121⁄2 knots. She could carry up to 1,400 passengers, 300 in first class and 1,100 in 3rd class.[1]

Bothnia sailed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York via Queenstown on 8 August 1874, and on 15 April 1885, made her first voyage from Liverpool to Boston. She was withdrawn from service in mid-1898 and then sold, and was scrapped in Marseille in 1899.[2]

References
  1. "SS Bothnia". Clyde-built Ship Database. 2012. Archived from the original on 7 November 2004. Retrieved 3 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Bothnia, Cunard Line". norwayheritage.com. 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.


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