SS Servia [SEP] manufacturer
SS Servia
SS Servia, also known as RMS "Servia", was a successful transatlantic passenger and mail steamer of revolutionary design, built by J & G Thomson of Clydebank (later John Brown & Company) and launched in 1881. She was the first large ocean liner to be built of steel instead of iron, and the first Cunard ship to have an electric lighting installation. For these and other reasons, maritime historians often consider "Servia" to be the first "modern" ocean liner.
Background.
on a crossing aboard "Servia" in August 1883, though it does not appear they met. Edward Pellew, 4th Viscount Exmouth, and Viscountess Exmouth sailed aboard the "Servia" leaving New York City for Liverpool on 1 October 1884.
External links.
- Norway Heritage: SS "Servia", Cunard Line
- Servia on Chris' Cunard Page https://www.chriscunard.com/history-fleet/cunard-fleet/1840-1900/servia/