S.S. :Umbria (R.M.S. Cunard)

Name/Title

S.S. ":Umbria" (R.M.S. Cunard)

Entry/Object ID

p-26923

Description

SS Umbria Liverpool #20031 October 17, 1893 Cunard line. The RMS Umbria was launched in 1884, and was equipped with refrigeration machinery and single crew propulsion. Her regular services ran from Liverpool to New York, in total she made 145 round trips to New York. Both the Umbria and her sister ship RMS Utruria held the Blue Ribband speed trophy. In March of 1910, she ran her last trip and once her passengers had disembarked, work began to dismantle her. She was sold for scrap for 20,000 british pounds.

Collection

Nancy Dubois Photograph Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1893

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects