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''City of Rome'' was a UK ocean liner, built by Barrow Ship Building Co for Inman Line to be the largest and fastest liner on the North Atlantic route. She was a major disappointment and after only six voyages she was returned to Barrow-in-Furness. Anchor Line then managed her on various routes until 1900. She was scrapped in 1902. ''City of Rome'' was widely regarded as the most beautiful liner to ever cross the Western Ocean.〔 〕 ==Development and design== The completion of Guion Line's in 1879 forced all major trans-Atlantic companies to consider building new high-speed passenger liners. Designed by William John (who later designed the United States Navy's first battleship, ), Inman's answer was a much larger ship designed to cross the Atlantic at . ''City of Rome'' carried 520 First Class passengers in quarters of especially high quality and 810 Steerage Class. She was also one of the first liners lit entirely by electricity.〔 The contract specified a steel hull, but Barrows convinced Inman to accept iron because of difficulties in securing sufficient supplies of the then relatively new metal. However, as a result of this and inadequate calculations when iron was substituted, ''City of Rome'' draught was too great.〔 Twin screws were at one point contemplated but rejected.〔 Her boilers supplied steam at 90 lbf/in2 to three inverted two-cylinder compound steam engines to drive her single screw. These produced a total of 1,500 Nominal Horsepower, which was only 75% of her intended power. She was completed in June 1881. Being under-powered, too heavy and drawing too much water, ''City of Rome'' reached only on sea trial. Also her cargo capacity was only 2,200 tons, instead of the 3,800 tons specified.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS City of Rome」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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