SS Republic (1872)
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- Maasdam (1889 )
- Vittoria (1902 )
- Citta di Napoli ( 1902)
Company registration number: 65908
The RMS Republic (I) was put into service a 1872 passenger ship in the British shipping company White Star Line, which was built for the transatlantic passenger service between Liverpool and New York. 1889 the ship was sold and scrapped in 1910 in Italy.
The ship
The 3984 -ton steamship RMS Republic was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast, Northern Ireland and was launched on July 4, 1871 from the stack. The 128.01 meters long and 12.46 meters wide, built of iron passenger and mail ship was the last of four sister ships, with which was founded in 1869 by Thomas Ismay White Star Line opened her passenger and mail traffic between the UK and North America. The Republic has been driven by a combination of steam and sail power with a single chimney and a steam engine fitted which had a single screw and enables a maximum speed of 14 knots. In addition, the ship with four masts equipped with full rigging. The comfortable passenger accommodations were designed first class and third-class passenger 1000 for 166 passengers.
The sister ships of the Republic were the RMS Oceanic (I), the RMS Atlantic, and the RMS Baltic (I), which were all already taken 1871 in operation and had a volume of 3707 per GRT. The Republic was the largest of the four ships with 3984 tons.
Construction of the Republic was completed on January 21, 1872 and February 1, put them in Liverpool on her maiden voyage on Queenstown to New York from. In 1885 there was a collision with the Aurania the Cunard Line. The ship remained unchanged for 17 years on the Liverpool - New York route until it took off for the last time on 16 January 1889 for the White Star Line to New York. Then it was sold to the Holland- America Line and renamed Maasdam (II). The steamer was equipped with new machines by G. Forrester & Co. of Liverpool and could henceforth carry 150 passengers, First Class, 60 Second class and 800 third class. On March 15, 1890, the Maasdam ran to her first voyage from Rotterdam via Boulogne -sur -Mer to New York. In 1899 she was rebuilt again and from then on had only a second and a third class.
On March 6, 1902, the last departure from Rotterdam took place in New York for the Holland- America Line. The ship was sold to Italian owners and renamed in Vittoria. In the same year it was awarded to the Italian shipping company La Veloce Navigazione Italiana a Vapore based in Genoa, for the future it wrong under the name Citta di Napoli. On September 30, 1902, she ran with space for 1424 passengers third class for the first time in Genoa Naples to New York. Your 30th and final voyage on this route started on April 27, 1907. The following year, the former Republic was sold for demolition to Genoa and scrapped there 1910.