Sister ships of Carpathia

[Neil McRae]

Assuming there were any, how many were there and what were their names and fates?

 

[Shelley Dziedzic]

I sem to recall Ivernia was often thought of as a running mate. In fact I have a postcard from 1912 post-Titanic labelled Carpathia which is actually Ivernia. The Great Ships website will tell you all about her.

 

[Joshua Gulch]

Neil,
Ivernia and Saxonia can be considered something akin to half-sisters of Carpathia. The trio were ordered together, Ivernia and Carpathia from Swan & Hunter, Saxonia from John Brown. Ivernia and Saxonia were launched in 1899 and measured 600 feet long. Carpathia followed in 1902, at 558 feet. Presumably, the hull forms for I and S were scaled down appropriately to fit the smaller Carpathia. She's the runt of the litter, so to speak. The hulls appear to follow similar plans, but the superstructure is considerably different.

I hope this is useful.

Josh.