Aquitania Specifications

Flag United Kingdom
Shipping company Cunard Line
Port of registry Liverpool
Designer Leonard Peskett
Gross tonnage 45,647
Length overall 901 feet / 275.2 meters
Length between perpendiculars 868.7 feet / 264.76 meters
Beam 97 feet / 29.6 meters
Draft 36 feet / 11.0 meters
Number of funnels 4
Number of masts 2
Machinery Direct-drive Parsons steam turbine engines in triple expansion configuration, 59,000 horsepower, geared to quadruple screws
Service speed 23 knots (24 knots top speed)
Builder John Brown and Co., Clydebank, Scotland
Yard number 409
Godmother Alice Stanley, Countess of Derby
Order date 8 December 1910
Launch date 21 April 1913
Maiden voyage 30 May 1914
Passenger accommodation In 1914

  • 618 first class
  • 614 second class
  • 1,998 third class

In 1926

  • 610 first class
  • 950 second class
  • 640 tourist class
Crew 972

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