CARONIA
British
Name: 1948-1968: Caronia
1968: Columbia
1968-1974: Caribia
Owner: 1948-1968: Cunard White Star Line
1968-1974: Universal Cruise Line
Port of registry: Liverpool, United Kingdom
Ordered: 1946
Builder: John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland
Yard number: 635
Laid down: 13 February 1946
Launched: 30 October 1947
Christened: 30 October 1947 by HRH Princess Elizabeth (now Elizabeth II)
Acquired: December 1948
In service: 4 January 1949
Out of service: 25 March 1969
Nickname: The Green Goddess
Fate: Wrecked in Apra Harbour, Guam, 1974. Subsequently scrapped.

General characteristics
Tonnage: 34,183 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 217.90 m (714.90 ft)
Beam: 27.80 m (91.21 ft)
Draught: 9.66 m (31.69 ft)
Installed power: Geared turbines, H.P. double reduction, I.P. and L.P. single reduction, 30,000 i.h.p., twin propellers
Speed: 22 knots
Capacity: 932 passengers (581 first class, 351 tourist class)

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