SS Umbria, 1893

Cunard steamship Umbria'. During a crossing from Queenstown to New York in December 1892, the Umbria's propeller shaft broke and she was disabled, turning a routine trip of a week into an adventure of 13 days. The ship's engineer had to fashion a makeshift propellor shaft, which took several days, as the ship drifted in the Atlantic

Broke Cunard Disabled Drifted Makeshift Queenstown Routine Shaft Turning Umbria

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