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SS Normannia (1890)

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SS Normannia (1890)
SS Normannia, docked in Algiers, c. 1899
History
Owner
BuilderFairfield Govan
Yard number343
Launched9 February 1890
General characteristics
TypeSteamship
Tonnage8,242 GRT
Length500 ft (150 m)
Beam57 ft (17 m)
Draught38 ft (12 m)

SS Normannia was a steamship. It was built in Glasgow, Scotland by Fairfield Govan.[1][2] It was completed in 1890 and launched 9 February of that year.[1] It was owned by the Hamburg America Line. Normannia was 152.40 metres (500.0 ft) long and 17.53 metres (57.5 ft) wide. It was hit by a tidal wave in January 1894 en route from New York, New York to Algiers, Algeria.[2] In 1898, it was purchased by the Spanish Navy for use in the Spanish–American War. It was acquired in the following year by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique for debt payment. Normannia was scrapped beginning in September 1906.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "SS Normannia (714)". Scottish Built Ships database. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  2. ^ a b "Steamship "Normannia", Algiers, Algeria". World Digital Library. 1899. Retrieved 2013-09-25.