Name: | TURBINIA |
Type: | Passenger Ship |
Launched: | 30/03/1904 |
Completed: | 05/1904 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 393 |
Dimensions: | 1064grt, 603nrt, 250.0 x 33.2 x 12.6ft |
Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines, 500rhp |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 3 x Screws, 19.5knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 112201 |
History: | |
22/06/1904 | Turbine Steam Ship Co Ltd, Hamilton, Canada |
1912 | Niagra Navigation Co Ltd, Hamilton, Canada |
1914 | Canada Steam Ship Lines Ltd, Hamilton, Canada |
1937 | Broken up |
Comments: | For service on the Great Lakes between Hamilton & Toronto |
Accommodation for between 1500 & 2000 x passengers | |
3Q/1937: Broken up at Sorel |
TURBINIA returning from trials. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
TURBINIA on a slipway in 1923. Photo is courtesy of Paul Strathdee
TURBINIA at the breaker's yard. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Lloyd's List, Monday, 04/04/1904
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Wednesday, 01/06/1904