Пароход RMS Asia

Пароход RMS Asia 0

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Водоизмещение:
1 850 т
Длина:
77 м
Ширина:
12 м

Машина

Силовая установка:
  • Napier two-cylinder side-lever steam engine, 1,400 ihp (1,000 kW), paddle wheels
Скорость:
10 уз

Asia Took the Blue Riband in May 1850 with a Liverpool–Halifax run of 8 days 14 hours 50 minutes, an average of 12.25 knots (22.69 km/h; 14.10 mph). Asia also remained on the Halifax route during the Crimean War. Gibbs reports that she may have grounded near Cape Race and beached at St Johns in a sinking condition. Asia was sold in 1868 and converted to sail. She was finally broken up in 1883.

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