RMS Pannonia (1902)

History
United Kingdom
Name	RMS Pannonia
Namesake	Pannonia
Owner	Cunard Line
Port of registry	Liverpool
Route	Trieste – Fiume – Palermo – New York
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number	348
Launched	5 September 1902
Maiden voyage	15 May 1903
Identification	UK official number 118080 code letters VPTN call sign MNA
Fate	Sold for scrap, 9 October 1922
General characteristics
Type	Transatlantic ocean liner
Tonnage	9,851 GRT, 6,210 NRT
Length	486.5 ft (148.3 m)
Beam	59.3 ft (18.1 m)
Depth	33.0 ft (10.1 m)
Installed power	811 NHP
Propulsion	2 × screw propellers 2 × triple-expansion engines
Speed	13 kn (24 km/h)
Capacity	2,426 passengers: 1st class: 90 2nd class: 70 3rd class: 2,266
Notes	Her funnel carried the Furness Withy colours of red with a black top and three narrow black bands.

RMS Pannonia was a transatlantic Cunard Liner that was built in Scotland in 1902 and scrapped in Germany in 1922.[1]

Building

Furness Withy ordered the ship from John Brown & Company of Clydebank, Glasgow, but Cunard bought her before her launch on 5 September 1902.[1] She was a twin-screw steamer, with a pair of three-cylinder triple-expansion engines whose combined rating was 811 NHP.[2][3]

Career

On 15 May 1903 Pannonia began her maiden voyage, which was from Trieste via Fiume and Palermo to New York City.[1] Her Master from 1 January 1911 until January 1912 was Captain Arthur Rostron, who later rescued survivors of RMS Titanic.[4] 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.[5] In May 1916 Pannonia became a troop ship, carrying troops from Canada to France.[1]

Pannonia left New York for the last time on 18 April 1922, calling at Plymouth and Cherbourg and ending her crossing at Hamburg. There she was laid up until she was sold for scrap on 9 October.[1]

References

1. "Pannonia, Cunard Line", Titanic Inquiry Project
2. Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping. Vol. II–Steamers. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1912. PAN–PAR. Retrieved 13 September 2022 – via Internet Archive.
3. "Pannonia". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
4. "United States Senate Inquiry, Day 1, Testimony of Arthur H. Rostron.", "Titanic" disaster, report of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, pursuant to S. Res. 283, directing the committee on commerce to investigate the causes leading to the wreck of the White Star liner "Titanic.", 19 April 2012
5. "Wouldn't Quit Ship Blistered by Fire" (PDF). The New York Times. 20 November 1913. p. 3 – via Times Machine.