SSBothnia

This article is about the ship. For other uses, seeBothnia (disambiguation).

Poster image of SSBothnia
History
United Kingdom
Name	SSBothnia
Namesake	Bothnia
Owner	Cunard Line
Port of registry	Liverpool
Builder	J. & G. Thomson & Co.,Clydebank
Yard number	128
Launched	4 March 1874
Completed	June 1874
Maiden voyage	8 August 1874
Identification	Official number:68094 Code letters:MVKQ
Fate	Scrapped, 1899
General characteristics
Type	Steamship
Tonnage	4,535GRT 2,923NRT
Length	422 ft 2 in (128.68 m)
Beam	42 ft 2 in (12.85 m)
Depth	18 ft 11 in (5.77 m)
Propulsion	1 × 600 hp (447 kW) steamcompound steam engine
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	12.5knots(23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Capacity	1,400 passengers: 300 × 1st class 1,100 × 3rd class

SSBothniawas a British steampassenger shipthat sailed on the trans-Atlantic route betweenLiverpoolandNew York CityorBoston.The ship was built by J & G Thomson ofClydebank,and launched on 4 March 1874 for theBritish & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company,which became theCunard Linein 1879.

Constructed with an iron hull ship, and 4,535 gross register tons, and with a length of 422 feet. She was powered by a 600 hp 2-cylinder compound steam engine, barque-rigged on three masts, and had a top speed of 121⁄2knots. She could carry up to 1,400 passengers, 300 in first class and 1,100 in 3rd class.

Bothniasailed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York viaQueenstownon 8 August 1874, and on 15 April 1885, made her first voyage from Liverpool to Boston. She was withdrawn from service in mid-1898 and then sold, and was scrapped in Marseille in 1899.