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Prussia
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281 |
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Passenger Ship |
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Built |
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Belfast |
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Launch Date |
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10 April 1894 |
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Delivered |
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31 May 1894 |
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Owner |
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Hamburg Amerika Line |
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Weight |
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5840 grt |
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BP Length |
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445 feet |
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Breadth |
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50 feet |
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Twin |
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Speed (approx) |
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14 knots |
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Propulsion |
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Triple expansion |
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Registered |
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Fate |
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Scrapped |
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Accommodation for 60-1st class and 1,800-3rd class passengers. Prussia made her maiden voyage from Hamburg to New York on 24 June 1894. She remained on that service until February 1898, at which time she was sold to the Dominion Line and renamed Dominion, the second ship to carry that name.
She was rebuilt with a tonnage of 6618 tons and accommodation for 200-1st, 170-2nd, and 750-3rd class passengers and commenced her first sailing for the Dominion Line sailing Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal on 7th May 1898.
In 1908 she was further altered to carry 370-2nd and 750-3rd class passengers. When the White Star/Dominion joint service to Canada was instituted in 1908, Dominion was largely unneeded, so from then until 1915, she was periodically chartered to the American Line for service on American's Liverpool-Philadelphia route. In all, she made 28 American Line roundtrips during these years, together with White Star/Dominion service to Canada in the winters.
During World War I, Dominion served as a store ship and supply vessel before returning to commercial service in December 1918.
Converted to a cargo carrier in 1919, she made her final sailing, from Liverpool to Portland, Maine, in February 1921.
Scrapped in Germany in 1922.
[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.400, vol.2, p.809] [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 16th August 1997]
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