The S.S. Pannonia in full Steam; and The S.S. Pannonia in the Bay of Naples

The Cunard steamer Pannonia was laid down for the Furness Line but purchased by Cunard shortly before she was launched on 5th September 1902. Built by John Brown on the Clyde, she was registered at 9,851 tons gross (6,210 net) and measured 486½ feet in length with a 59½ foot beam. With accommodation for 91 First, 71 Second and 2,066 Steerage passengers, she ran on Cunard's Trieste - New York service from May 1903 until wartime conditions forced a change to London - New York sailings in 1915. Reverting to her former Mediterranean route in 1919, she was last employed doing temporary Liverpool - New York shuttles before being laid up in 1922 prior to scrapping