| 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. |