Teutonic Fact File
Owner: Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (White Star Line)
Ship Details
Details
Vessel Type: Passenger ship
Official No: 96334
Builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Queen's Island, Belfast
Yard No: 208
Laid down: n/r
Launched: 19 January 1889
Handed over: 25 July 1889
Port & Date of Registry: Liverpool, 29 June 1889
Managing Owner & Address: William Samuel Graves, 10 Water Street, Liverpool
Description
Number of Decks: 4
Number of Masts: 3
Rigged: Schooner
Stern: Elliptical
Build: Clencher
Framework & Description of Vessel: Steel (Siemens Martin Process)
Number of Bulkheads: 11
Number of water ballast tanks: n/r
Dimensions
Length: 565.5 ft
Breadth: 57.8 ft
Depth: 39.2.5 ft
Gross Registered Tonnage: 9,984.26
Machinery
Engine Builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast
Engine Type: 2 X triple expansion inverted direct acting surface condensing
Cylinders: 2 X 43; 2 X 68; 2 X 110 inches
Stroke: 60 inches
Nominal Horse Power: 2,400
Boilers
Description: Cylindrical multi-tubular
Number: 12
Iron or Steel: Steel
Pressure when loaded: 180lbs
Screw: Twin
Speed: 20 knots
Signal Letters: M. F. P. K.
NOTES
Teutonic and Majestic (Yard No. 209) were the first ships to be built with an annual subsidy from the British Admiralty so that in time of war or national emergency they could be quickly converted into armed merchant cruisers. Designed by Alexander M. Carlisle, Teutonic was the first twin-screw vessel constructed for the White Star Line and the first not to be provided with a suit of sails in case of engine breakdown. Both ships broke records but Majestic proved the faster of the sisters.
Teutonic was the star of her age, representing the White Star Line at two Royal Naval Fleet Reviews, in 1889 and 1897. For almost twenty years the pair performed faultlessly carrying record numbers of passenger, huge cargos and earning the White Star Line large profits. Teutonic was finally broken up in 1921, thirty-two years after she first entered service, a remarkable record for an Atlantic liner.
