| Name: | IVERNIA |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 21/09/1899 |
| Completed: | 03/1900 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 247 |
| Dimensions: | 14058grt, 9052nrt, 582.0 x 64.9 x 37.8ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Q4cyl (28.5, 41, 58.5 & 84 x 54ins), 1668nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 110643 |
| History: | |
| 24/03/1900 | Cunard Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 01/01/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 164 x 1st, 200 x 2nd & 1600 x Steerage Class passengers |
| Built for the Liverpool to Boston service, from 1912 served Trieste to New York | |
| 01/01/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB47, 58 miles SxE of Cape Matapan | |
| On a voyage from Marseille to Alexandria carrying troops. 121 died |
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Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 21/09/1899