SS Volturno (1906)
Canadian ocean liner; caught fire and scuttled in North Atlantic (1913) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see SS Volturno.
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Port of registry |
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Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
Yard number | 448 |
Launched | 5 September 1906 |
Completed | 1906 |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 3586 gross register tons [1] |
Length | 340 ft 0 in (103.63 m) |
Beam | 43 ft 0 in (13.11 m) |
Depth | 31 feet 3 inches (9.53 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
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Crew | 93 |
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SS Volturno was an ocean liner that caught fire and was eventually scuttled in the North Atlantic in October 1913. She was a Royal Line ship under charter to the Uranium Line at the time of the fire. After the ship issued SOS signals, eleven ships came to her aid and, in heavy seas and gale winds, rescued 521 passengers and crewmen. In total 135 people died in the incident, most of them women and children in lifeboats launched unsuccessfully prior to the arrival of the rescue ships.