5-505: SS Morro Castle may refer to: SS Morro Castle (1900) A ship launched by the Ward Line and scrapped in 1926. SS Morro Castle (1930) A ship burned in 1934. Also owned by the Ward Line . [REDACTED] [REDACTED] List of ships with the same or similar names This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for
10-495: A specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Morro_Castle&oldid=1014916658 " Categories : Set index articles on ships Ship names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles SS Morro Castle (1900) The SS Morro Castle
15-564: The ship was sold for scrap in Italy. The Morro Castle was 121.92 metres (400 ft 0 in) long and 15.24 metres (50 ft 0 in) wide and had two masts , two funnels and two propellers . The black painted hull was surmounted by a white superstructure . The ship was powered by triple expansion steam engines that allow a top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). The passenger accommodations were designed for 136 in first class, 62 in second class, and 44 in third class, with
20-679: The total of 242 passenger. After the completion of the Morro Castle , William Cramp & Sons delivered the ship to Ward Line in October 1900. On November 10, 1900, she set sail on her maiden voyage from, New York City to Havana . The command was the Ward Line commodore, Captain Cleveland Downs. Robert R. Willmott later became the ship's long-time captain. He later also took command of the second Morro Castle . On May 16, 1904,
25-716: Was a passenger ship build in 1899 for the Ward Line Company . She was launched in April 14, 1900 and was named after the fortress of the same name , at the entrance to the Havana Bay , Cuba . On 14 May 1904 she sank the schooner Pleiades in a collision at sea after leaving New York for Havana . She was active during the Mexican Revolution . In 1924, the ship was retired in Brooklyn and In 1926,
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