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- Britannia-class_steamship length "63093.6".
- Britannia-class_steamship length "66751.2".
- Britannia-class_steamship abstract "The Britannia Class was the Cunard Line's initial fleet of wooden paddlers that established the first year round scheduled Atlantic steamship service in 1840. By 1845, steamships carried half of the transatlantic saloon passengers and Cunard dominated this trade. While the units of the Britannia class were solid performers, they were not superior to many of the other steamers being placed on the Atlantic at that time. What made the Britannia’s successful is that they were the first homogeneous class of transatlantic steamships to provide a frequent and uniform service. Britannia, Acadia and Caledonia were commissioned in 1840 and Columbia in 1841 enabling Cunard to provide the dependable schedule of sailings required under his mail contracts with the Admiralty. It was these mail contracts that enabled Cunard to survive when all of his early competitors failed.Cunard’s ships were reduced versions of the Great Western and only carried 115 passengers in conditions that Charles Dickens unfavorably likened to a \"gigantic hearse\". Mean 1840 – 1841 Liverpool - Halifax times for the quartette were 13 days, 6 hours (7.9 knots) westbound and 11 days, 3 hours (9.3 knots) eastbound. The initial four units were insufficient to meet the contracted sailings, and an enhanced unit, the Hibernia was commissioned in 1843. When Columbia was wrecked in 1843 without loss of life, Cambria was ordered to replace her.In 1849 and 1850, the surviving original units along with Hibernia were sold to foreign navies after completing forty round trips for Cunard. Cambria remained in the Cunard fleet for another decade.".
- Britannia-class_steamship length "63.0936".
- Britannia-class_steamship length "66.7512".
- Britannia-class_steamship shipBeam "10.3632".
- Britannia-class_steamship shipBeam "10.668".
- Britannia-class_steamship thumbnail RMS_Britannia_1840_paddlewheel.jpg?width=300.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageID "25418481".
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageLength "11966".
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageOutDegree "39".
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageRevisionID "683985503".
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink America-class_steamship.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Heligoland_(1849).
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Blue_Riband.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Category:1840s_ships.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Category:Clyde-built_ships.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Category:Paddle_steamers.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ships_of_the_Cunard_Line.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Category:Steamships_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Category:Victorian-era_merchant_ships_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Category:Victorian-era_passenger_ships_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Dickens.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Cunard_Line.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Gdańsk.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink German_Confederation.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Karl_Rudolf_Brommy.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Prussian_Navy.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink RMS_Britannia.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink RMS_Persia.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Reichsflotte.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Napier_(engineer).
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink SS_Great_Western.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Samuel_Cunard.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Seal_Island_(Nova_Scotia).
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink Target_ship.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLink File:RMS_Britannia_1840_paddlewheel.jpg.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageWikiLinkText "Britannia-class steamship".
- Britannia-class_steamship builders "Robert Duncan & Co., John & Charles Wood, Robert Steele & Co.".
- Britannia-class_steamship builtRange "1840".
- Britannia-class_steamship classAfter America-class_steamship.
- Britannia-class_steamship headerCaption ": Hibernia & Cambria".
- Britannia-class_steamship headerCaption ": Britanna, Acadia,Caledonia & Columbia".
- Britannia-class_steamship operators Cunard_Line.
- Britannia-class_steamship shipPropulsion "Napier two-cylinder side-lever steam engine, 1040 indicated horsepower, paddle wheels".
- Britannia-class_steamship shipPropulsion "Napier two-cylinder side-lever steam engine, 740 indicated horsepower, paddle wheels".
- Britannia-class_steamship shipTonnage "1150".
- Britannia-class_steamship shipTonnage "1400".
- Britannia-class_steamship subclasses "Hibernia Class".
- Britannia-class_steamship title Blue_Riband.
- Britannia-class_steamship title "Holder of the Blue Riband".
- Britannia-class_steamship totalShipsCompleted "6".
- Britannia-class_steamship totalShipsLost "3".
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Convert.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:End.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_ship_characteristics.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_ship_class_overview.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:S-ach.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:S-aft.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:S-bef.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:S-start.
- Britannia-class_steamship wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:S-ttl.
- Britannia-class_steamship years "1840".
- Britannia-class_steamship years "1841".
- Britannia-class_steamship years "1843".
- Britannia-class_steamship years "1845".
- Britannia-class_steamship subject Category:1840s_ships.
- Britannia-class_steamship subject Category:Clyde-built_ships.
- Britannia-class_steamship subject Category:Paddle_steamers.
- Britannia-class_steamship subject Category:Ships_of_the_Cunard_Line.
- Britannia-class_steamship subject Category:Steamships_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Britannia-class_steamship subject Category:Victorian-era_merchant_ships_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Britannia-class_steamship subject Category:Victorian-era_passenger_ships_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Britannia-class_steamship hypernym Line.
- Britannia-class_steamship type MeanOfTransportation.
- Britannia-class_steamship type Ship.
- Britannia-class_steamship type Liner.
- Britannia-class_steamship type Ship.
- Britannia-class_steamship type Steamship.
- Britannia-class_steamship type Product.
- Britannia-class_steamship type DesignedArtifact.
- Britannia-class_steamship type Thing.
- Britannia-class_steamship type Q11446.
- Britannia-class_steamship comment "The Britannia Class was the Cunard Line's initial fleet of wooden paddlers that established the first year round scheduled Atlantic steamship service in 1840. By 1845, steamships carried half of the transatlantic saloon passengers and Cunard dominated this trade. While the units of the Britannia class were solid performers, they were not superior to many of the other steamers being placed on the Atlantic at that time.".
- Britannia-class_steamship label "Britannia-class steamship".
- Britannia-class_steamship sameAs Q634466.
- Britannia-class_steamship sameAs Třída_Britannia.
- Britannia-class_steamship sameAs کشتی_بخار_کلاس_بریتانیا.
- Britannia-class_steamship sameAs Classe_Britannia.
- Britannia-class_steamship sameAs m.09k56_6.
- Britannia-class_steamship sameAs Q634466.
- Britannia-class_steamship wasDerivedFrom Britannia-class_steamship?oldid=683985503.
- Britannia-class_steamship depiction RMS_Britannia_1840_paddlewheel.jpg.
- Britannia-class_steamship isPrimaryTopicOf Britannia-class_steamship.