SS Winifredian (1899)
SS Winifredian was a passenger liner launched in 1899 for Leyland Line service between Liverpool and Boston. She carried a number of British officers and troops from Cape Town to Southampton in September of 1902 at the end of the Second Boer War[1] and served as a troopship thru World War I from 1914 to 1919. Her final voyages were between Antwerp and New York City for the Red Star Line in 1927.[2]
 Singleton & Cole cigarette card depicting the SS Winifredian | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | SS Winifredian |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
| Launched | 11 March 1899 |
| Fate | broken up in Italy, 1929 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Displacement | 10,405 long tons (10,572 t) |
| Length | 570 ft (170 m) |
| Beam | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Propulsion | Single screw, triple expansion engines |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Citations
- "Archive Page Viewer | September 19, 1902 | The Times". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- Emmons, Frederick (1972). The Atlantic Liners. New York: Bonanza Books. p. 39.
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