ATTRIBUTED TO CHADBURN'S

CONSTRUCTED IN 1913 AS THE S.S. COLUMBUS FOR THE NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, SHE WAS THE LARGEST SHIP TO BE DRIVEN BY STEAM RECIPROCATING ENGINES, CAPABLE OF A SERVICE SPEED OF 19 KNOTS. AFTER WORLD WAR I, SHE WAS GIVEN TO BRITAIN AS WAR REPARATIONS AND BOUGHT FROM THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT BY WHITE STAR LINE. AFTER A REFIT, HER MAIDEN VOYAGE TO NEW YORK TOOK PLACE ON 15TH FEBRUARY 1922 UNDER HER NEW NAME OF HOMERIC. SHE REMAINED IN TRANS-ATLANTIC SERVICE FOR TEN YEARS AND THEN ANOTHER THREE YEARS CRUISING UNDER THE MERGED MANAGEMENT OF CUNARD AND WHITE STAR. SHE WAS BROKEN IN 1936.