RMS Pannonia (1902)

The RMS Pannonia was a transatlantic passenger steamship for the Cunard steamship company.[1]

History
United Kingdom
Name	RMS Pannonia
Owner	Cunard Line
Route	Trieste - Fiume - Palermo - New York
Builder	John Brown & Company, Glasgow
Launched	5 September 1902
Maiden voyage	15 May 1903
In service	1903–1922
Identification	A red funnel with a black top and three narrow black bands wireless call letters: M N A
Fate	Sold for scrap October 1922
General characteristics
Class and type	Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	9,851 grt
Length	486.5 ft (148.3 m)
Beam	59.3 ft (18.1 m)
Propulsion	Six-cylindered triple-expansion
Speed	13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h)
Capacity	2,426 1st-class: 90 2nd-class: 70 3rd-class: 2,266

She was originally ordered by the shipping company Furness Withy, and purchased by Cunard prior to her launch on 5 September 1902.[1] She started her maiden voyage on 28 May 1904, which was from Trieste to Fiume to Palermo to New York City.[1] The captain of the Pannonia from 1 January 1911 until January 1912 was Arthur Rostron, who later rescued the survivors of the Titanic.[2] In May 1916 she became a troopship carrying troops from Canada to France.[1] She left New York on 18 April 1922 for the last time, calling at Plymouth and Cherbourg, then finally to Hamburg, Germany where she was laid up until being sold for scrap in October."[1]