Draft:Saxonia class
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Comment: I don't think those sources are reliable... ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 14:37, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
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.jpg) RMS Slyvania pre 1971 refit
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | John Brown & Company, Scotland |
| Operators | Cunard Line, Black Sea Shipping Company[1], Odessa Cruise Company, Sitmar Cruises, Princess Cruises, P&O Cruises Australia, Emerald Sea Cruises, China Sea Cruises, Phoenix Reisen |
| Built | 1950s |
| In service | 1954–2003 |
| Planned | 2 Original, 4 Revised |
| Completed | 4 |
| Lost | 0 |
| Retired | 4 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 21,637 GRT[1] - 21,989 GRT[2] |
| Length | 608 ft 3 in (185.4 m) |
| Beam | 80 ft 0 in (24.38 m) |
| Draught | 28 ft (8.5 m) - Saxonia[1], 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m) - Ivernia, 28 ft 1 in (8.56 m)[3] - Carinthia[4], 29 ft 2.4 in (8.900 m) - Sylvania [2] |
| Installed power | × John Brown steam turbines combined 18,277 kW (24,510 hp) |
| Propulsion | Geared turbines from builders, Twin screw |
| Speed | 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)[1]; 25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph) max |
| Capacity | 925 passengers |
| Crew | 461 crew members |
The Saxonia class ocean liners were a quartet of British ocean liners built by the John Brown & Company Shipyards of Scotland for Cunard Line during the mid 20th century.
Consisting of Saxonia (1954), Ivernia (1955), Carinthia (1956) and Sylvania (1957), the class was the last of the large ocean liners built for Cunard for the UK-Canada trans-Atlantic service and were operated by multiple shipping companies throughout their nearly 5 decade long service lives.
Between the 1960s–1970s the ships were refitted as hybrid ocean liner cruise ships (similar to Cunard's current flagship, the modern RMS Queen Mary 2) and eventually they became full cruise ships. Saxonia and Ivernia were both withdrawn from service with their final owners, the Black Sea Shipping Company in 1995 and were both scrapped in Alang, India, Saxonia was first in 1999.[1] with Ivernia following in 2004[3], Carinthia remained in service until 2003 before her final owners, China Sea Cruises withdrew her from service and sold her for scrap, she was scrapped at Alang, India in 2005[4] and Sylvania was withdrawn from service in 2003 by her final owners Phoenix Reisen eventually also being scrapped at Alang in 2004[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "T/S SAXONIA (1954)". www.faktaomfartyg.se.
- ^ a b c "T/S SYLVANIA (1957)". www.faktaomfartyg.se.
- ^ a b "ST/S IVERNIA (1955)". www.faktaomfartyg.se.
- ^ a b "T/S CARINTHIA (1956)". www.faktaomfartyg.se.
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