Sujet
The new Cunard steam-ship Servia, 1881. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
The new Cunard steam-ship Servia, 1881. '...this noble ship [was] recently added to the fleet of the Cunard Royal Mail Steam-ship Company, and [is] the largest by far of all ships afloat except the Great Eastern. She was designed and built by Messrs. James and George Thomson, at Clyde Bank...Her cargo capacity will be equal to 6500 tons...It is anticipated that the indicated horse-power will amount to 10,500. There are in all seven boilers...the total number of furnaces being thirty-nine...The total number of state-rooms is 168, and the vessel has accommodation for 450 first-class and 600 steerage passengers, besides a crew of 200...[The]...life-boats...have Hill and Clark's patent improved boat-lowering apparatus...The Servia possesses a peculiarity which will add to her safety - namely, a double bottom or iron skin. Thus, were she to ground on rocks, she would remain perfectly safe while the inner skin continued intact. There are three masts on the vessel, and the Cunard Company have adhered to their special rig, believing it to be more ship-shape than the practice of fitting up masts according to the length of the ship. On these masts there will be a good spread of canvas to assist in propelling the vessel'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM25A43_074
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
23,2Mo (2,3Mo) / 29,5cm x 19,8cm / 3481 x 2334 (300dpi)