RMS Franconia (1910)

	RMS Franconia passing Castle Island in Boston Harbor
History
United Kingdom
Name	RMS Franconia
Namesake	Franconia
Owner	Cunard Line
Port of registry
Builder	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle upon Tyne
Launched	23 July 1910
Fate	Sunk October 4, 1916 by UB-47
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	18,150 GRT
Length	625 ft (191 m)
Beam	71 ft (22 m)
Installed power	Quadruple expansion engines
Propulsion	Two propellers
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity	2,610 passengers: 174 First Class 492 Second Class 1,944 Third Class

The RMS Franconia was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line. She was launched on 23 July 1910 at the Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend shipyard.^[1] Franconia was intended for the line's Boston service, being the largest ship of the time to enter Boston harbor, with winter service in the New York-Mediterranean cruising service.^[1]

Her maiden voyage in February 1911, was between Liverpool and Boston, USA.^[2] She was nicknamed the "bathroom ship" as she had more bathrooms and showers on board than the Mauretania. She was unusual, as she did not have

staterooms on the upper deck, instead she had a library, gymnasium and a lounge and smoking room.^[2]

She completed her final crossing from Liverpool to Boston on 22 September 1914, by which time she had carried 52,695 passengers westbound to Boston.[3] Her final crossing from Liverpool to New York was completed on 1 February 1915 at which point she had carried 18,505 passengers to New York (7,096 on her Liverpool service, 11,409 on her Mediterranean service)^[4] for a combined total of 71,200 westbound passengers. Additionally, between Cunard's New York and Boston services, Franconia also carried 26,328 passengers eastbound to Liverpool.^[5]

After several years service primarily in the

Salonika, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat UB-47 195 miles east of Malta. She was not carrying any troops but out of her 314 crew members, 12 died.^[2] The others were saved by the hospital ship Dover Castle.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "The New Cunard Liner Franconia". International Marine Engineering. 33 (September). Marine Engineering, Inc., New York—London: 44–47. 1910. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^
Sun Journal (Lewiston)
. 4 October 1916. p. 14. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
^ Massachusetts, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963
^ New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1957
^ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger and Crew Lists, 1878-1960
^ Hocking, C. (1969). Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam 1824–1962. London: London Stamp Exchange.

External links

Notes about Cunard liners Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Franconia at www.thegreatoceanliners.com Archived 18 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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[MENA-1] "The New Cunard Liner Franconia". International Marine Engineering. 33 (September). Marine Engineering, Inc., New York—London: 44–47. 1910. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[lewiston-2] 
Sun Journal (Lewiston)
. 4 October 1916. p. 14. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

[3] Massachusetts, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963

[4] New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1957

[5] UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger and Crew Lists, 1878-1960

[6] Hocking, C. (1969). Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam 1824–1962. London: London Stamp Exchange.

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v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in October 1916
Shipwrecks	4 Oct: Franconia, Gallia 8 Oct: Blommersdijk 9 Oct: HDMS Dykkeren 17 Oct: U-16 19 Oct: Alaunia 20 Oct: Imperatritsa Mariya, James B. Colgate 23 Oct: Tuncurry 26 Oct: The Queen 27 Oct: HMS Flirt 28 Oct: HMHS Galeka 31 Oct: Saturn Unknown: Vigilant
Other incidents	1 Oct: USS Jenkins 8 Oct: Sevastopol 11 Oct: Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya 27 Oct: HMS Nubian 30 Oct: Mantola
1915 1916 1917 September 1916 November 1916