Posted by Scott Andrews on December 02, 1999 at 16:53:40 in 192.11.221.101:
In Reply to: SS New York posted by Stevo on November 26, 1999 at 06:03:32:
: Hi all,
: Does anyone know anything about what happened
: to the liner "New York"? This is the smaller
: liner that was almost collided with the Titanic because of the suction from the propellers on her maiden voyage.
: best regards,
: stevo
I believe she was scrapped in the early 1920's. She was built originally for the Inman Line as the "City of New York" in 1888. Inman was a company known in the industry for employing the most advanced technology in their ships, and doing it in advance of other lines sometimes by several years. The "City of New York" and her sister "City of Paris" were the first twin screw passenger liners. One of Inman's ships in the 1870's was the first passenger liner with electric lighting.
At the time of her launch, the "City of New York" was the largest and fastest passenger liner in the world and, barring the "Great Eastern" which was being scrapped at that time, she was the largest ship as well. When we see her utterly dwarfed by the "Titanic" in those Southampton photos, it illustrates very well how far shipbuilding had advanced in only two decades.
Regards,
Scott