REPUBLIC / MAASDAM / VITTORIA / CITTA DI NAPOLI

BUILT IN 1871 BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST FOR THE WHITE STAR LINE

SHE WAS A VESSL OF 3,984 TONS AND HAD A SPEED OF FOURTEEN KNOTS.

SHE WAS ORIGINALLY TO BE NAMED 'ARCTIC' BUT THIS DID NOT COME ABOUT DUE TO A ROUTE CHANGE.

SHE WAS SOLD TO HOLLAND/AMERICA LINE IN 1889  AND RE-NAMED 'MAASDAM'

 IN 1902 SHE WAS SOLD TO AN ITALIAN COMPANY ( EXPRESS NAVIGATION ITALIANA ) AND RE-NAMED 'VITTORIA'.

SHE WAS  LATER RENAMED  ' CITTA DI NAPOLI ' ( SAME COMPANY )

SHE WAS BROKEN UP IN GENOA IN 1910.