The Lusitania Resource
LUSITANIA FACTS, FIGURES, and FIRSTS

Designer
Leonard Peskett
Gross tonnage
31,550
Displacement tonnage
38,000
Net tonnage
12,611
Length overall
787 feet / 239.8 meters
Length between perpendiculars
760 feet / 231.5 meters
Beam
87 feet 6 inches / 26.7 meters
Draft
33 feet 6 inches / 10.2 meters
Depth
60 feet 4.25 inches / 18.4 meters
Number of funnels
4
Number of masts
2
Machinery
Four Parsons steam turbines direct-action powering three-bladed quadruple screws, 76 000 horsepower; four-bladed screws fitted 1909.
Boilers
25 cylindrical Scotch (23 double ended, 2 single ended) in four boiler rooms; 192 furnaces with total heating surface 158 350 square feet; steam pressure 195 pounds per square inch.
Coal consumption
840 tons per day
Service speed
25 knots, maximum 26.35 knots
Electrical generators
4 generator sets, each with 375-kilowatt capacity, 110-120 voltage.
Cooling water consumption
65 000 gallons / 246 025 liters per minute
Builder
John Brown and Co., Clydebank, Scotland
Yard number
367
Rivets used in construction
4 000 000 +
Launch date
7 June 1906
Godmother
Mary, Lady Inverclyde
Passenger accommodation
  563 saloon class (first class)
  464 second cabin (second class)
1,138 third class
2,165 total
Crew accommodation
850
Lifeboats
Designed, 16 standard boats; May 1915, 22 standard, 26 collapsibles.

Lusitania Firsts:

References:
Ballard, Robert D. and Spencer Dunmore.  Exploring the Lusitania.  Warner Books, 1995.

Braynard, Frank O. and William H. Miller.  Fifty Famous Liners, Volume I.  W. W. Norton & Company, 1982.

Kludas, Arnold.  Great Passenger Ships of the World, Volume I.  Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1975.

Preston, Diana.  Lusitania:  An Epic Tragedy.  Berkley Books, 2002.

Warren, Mark D.  The Cunard Turbine Driven Quadruple-Screw
Atlantic Liner Lusitania.  Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1986.

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