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'. RE-NAMED LATER TO ' CITTA DI NAPOLI ' ( SAME COMPANY ). SHE WAS BROKEN UP IN GENOA IN 1910.