Talk:SS Servia

Page re-written

I've re-written the stub, attempting to make it into a credible article with in-line references. Also added a nice photo from the Library of Congress. It would benefit from research regarding the last decade of her service history, and how she was laid up. Also, some more nice pictures wouldn't go amiss.--Jason210 (talk) 12:55, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

RMS Servia now redirected here

It's messy to attempt to change the names of pages, so perhaps we can leave this as SS Servia? Earlier ships are often referred to as "SS" anyway, although in this case RMS is equally valid. I've replaced the short stub that formed the RMS Servia page with a redirect to bring its visitors here. I think this the best way to do it. --Jason210 (talk) 00:29, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Electric Lighting

In the main article there is currently a claim that Servia was the first ocean liner with electric lights. This is not the case, as I can think of at least two earlier commercial examples of liners that had electric lights, namely, SS Columbia (1880) and SS City of Berlin (1879).--Jason210 (talk) 12:07, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

RMS Servia and SS Servia

Since there are Wikipedia entries entitled RMS Servia and SS Servia, then I think these two articles ought to be combined into one article. I propose changing the name of this article to RMS Servia, since she was a Royal Mail Ship, and deleting the RMS Servia stub. We can then gradually improve this article.

I'll wait for a few weeks to hear what your responses are here, then commence the work myself if no-one else has yet done anything or objects to my proposal.--Jason210 (talk) 12:09, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

SS Servia

Please ignore the written trash below.

Few people remember the SS Servia. I believe she is the first modern ship: the link between the old paddle-wheeled Persian/Scotia types of the 1860's, and the Mauritania/Olympic Class of the 1900's. The RMS Etruria and RMS Umbria were just upgraded Servia's. The same goes for - I'm gonna say it - White Star's SS Majestic and Teutonic. And the Inman Line's SS City of Paris and SS City of New York. A ship of this importance has gone unrecognized long enough, and I plan on researching and expanding the article very soon.

Photos

Being new to Wikipedia, I'm still learning photo copywright issues. But if anybody is familiar and comfortable adding images, there are plenty of this brilliant vessel.BertSmallways 06:21, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Name

Why was it called Servia? --Baks (talk) 20:30, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Servia is old English name for modern day Serbia. It must be it, as Serbia was just deliberated form Ottoman empire then, and international recognition was in full speed. Does anyone have any source for this? --WhiteWriter ^speaks 21:59, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

“First Modern Ocean Liner”

Who keeps putting this fabrication in? Servia is not even close to being the first modern ocean liner, being launched over a decade after White Star’s Oceanic (1870). 68.198.76.143 (talk) 04:51, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]