RMS Ivernia
Reference Number: si 388
Godden Number: 271
Sprake Number: spc133
Recorded by John High in his
unpublished list.
Words:
Printed at bottom of card:-
WOVEN IN SILK
R.M.S. IVERNIA.
WOVEN IN SILK
R.M.S. IVERNIA.
{same postcard but with italic printing}
Words:
Printed at bottom of card:-
WOVEN IN SILK
R.M.S. IVERNIA.
WOVEN IN SILK
R.M.S. IVERNIA.
{same postcard with italic printing
but with scalloped opening}
but with scalloped opening}
Words:
Printed at bottom of card:-
WOVEN IN SILK
R.M.S. IVERNIA.
WOVEN IN SILK
R.M.S. IVERNIA.
Launched on September 21, 1899, she operated as a passenger liner until September, 1914; visiting many ports including Liverpool, Boston, New York, Naples and Queenstown.
In 1914 she was taken over by the British Armed Forces as a troopship, spending much of WWI in the Mediterranean, until January 1, 1917, when she was torpedoed by the German submarine UB-47 off the coast of Greece. The vast majority of the 2,400 Scottish troops aboard were saved, many by the destroyer H.M.S. Rifleman.
