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Name: SS Californian
Namesake: State of California
Owner: Leyland Line
Route: Atlantic Ocean crossings
Builder: Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee, Scotland
Cost: ₤105,000[1]
Yard number: 159 [1]
Christened: 26 November 1901
Acquired: 30 January 1902
Decommissioned: 9 November 1915
Maiden voyage: 31 January 1902
Fate: Sunk by German U-boat, 9 November 1915, 61 miles (98 km) southw

est of Cape Matapan, Greece. General characteristics
Type: Steamship
Tonnage: 6,223 gross, 4,038 net
Length: 447 ft (136 m) LOA
Beam: 53 ft (16 m)
Propulsion:
1 × Triple expansion steam engine
2 × double-ended boilers
Speed: 12.0 knots (22.2 km/h; 13.8 mph)
Crew: 55 Officers and crew

14/04/2022

On this day 110 years ago, April 14th, RMS Titanic received its final ice warning at 9:40 pm. This message was never relayed back to the bridge. Just miles away, the SS Californian was stopped, surrounded by ice.

The last sunset fell on the Titanic...

🎨 by Adrian Rigby

05/04/2022

On this day 110 years ago, on April 5. 1912,
SS Californian left London under the command of Captain Stanley Lord, embarking on a journey to Boston. Records suggest that Stanley Lord’s ship happened to be close to empty, not having any passengers on board.
Nine days later, it will be the closest ship to the RMS Titanic disaster location, and probably the only one that could arrive in time to help.

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