Built by Russell &
Company, Port Glasgow, Scotland, 1908. 8347 gross tons; 460 (bp)
feet long; 58 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines,
twin screw. Service speed 17 knots. 2190
passengers ( 60 first class, 130 second class, 2000
third class ).
Built for
Austro-Americana Line, Austrian flag, in 1908 and renamed Martha
Washington. Trieste-New York service. Laid up at New York 1914-17 owing to World
War I. Seized by US Government, in 1917 and renamed USS Martha
Washington. Troopship service. Sold
to Cosulich Line, Italian flag, in 1922.
Mediterranean-New York and Italy-South America
service. Sold to Lloyd Triestino, Italian flag, in 1933 and renamed Tel
Avi. Burned and scrapped in 1934.