The Steamer Cassandra

T.S.S. Cassandra

The following particulars of Donaldson Line twin screw steamer T.S.S. Cassandra kindly supplied by Johnston Robb, Esq., Archivist, Scott Lithgow, Greenock. Photograph by courtesy of The University of Glasgow Archives.

Built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Greenock.
Built for Clyde - Canada service, took part in the Dardanelles and Gallipoli Campaign in 1915, rescued 700 passengers from the torpedoed "California."
Sept. 1925 - Sold to German owners and converted to cattle carrying cargo ship and renamed "CARMIA."
1934 Scrapped at Kiel as "DRACHTENSTEIN."

Length (between perpendiculars) 455 ft.

Breadth 53 ft.

Depth 32 ft.

Loaded Draught 27 ft.

Gross Tonnage 7396 tons

Net Tonnage 4726 tons

Passengers 250 cabin
950 emigrants

Ordered 22nd Nov. 1905

Launched 27th June 1906

Delivered 31st August 1906

Speed 14 knots

Scotts ship no. 408

Scotts engine no. 478

Cost £107,000

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Length (between perpendiculars)	455 ft.
Breadth	53 ft.
Depth	32 ft.
Loaded Draught	27 ft.
Gross Tonnage	7396 tons
Net Tonnage	4726 tons
Passengers	250 cabin 950 emigrants
Ordered	22nd Nov. 1905
Launched	27th June 1906
Delivered	31st August 1906
Speed	14 knots
Scotts ship no.	408
Scotts engine no.	478
Cost	£107,000