Servia


        The Servia was in service between 1881 and 1902, and could travel at 17.8 knots.  The liner is of historical importance because it was the first Cunard ship to be made of steel rather than iron, and was the first liner to be lit by electricity.

(additional references:  E. Smith, Passenger Ships of the World Past and Present 244; J. H. Parry, Romance of the Sea 276.)
 
 



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