5-489: RMS Antonia and her sister ship Andania were the first two of the six 14,000 ton "A" ocean liners built for Cunard in the early 1920s. Antonia was built by Vickers Ltd ., and launched in 1921. She made her maiden voyage from London to Montreal on 15 June 1922. She remained on Cunard's London-Canada service until 1928, when she joined Andania on the Cunard/Anchor/Donaldson joint service. Antonia , too,
10-462: The Hamburg to New York City route, and later between Liverpool and Montreal . At the start of World War II , Andania was requisitioned for use as an armed merchant cruiser (as was her sister ship Aurania ) and armed with six old 6-inch (152 mm) guns, two 3-inch (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns and several machine guns. On 25 November 1939 she took up her naval duties as HMS Andania with
15-566: The Northern Patrol . At 23:30 on 15 June 1940, HMS Andania was hit by a torpedo fired by the German submarine UA 70 miles (110 km) south of Reykjavík , Iceland. Three more torpedoes fired by UA missed. Andania stayed afloat for several hours but was too damaged to be saved. She sank early on 16 June. While other ships of the Northern Patrol were in the vicinity – HMS Derbyshire
20-597: Was a British ocean liner launched in 1921. She was the first of six 14,000-ton A-class liners built for the Cunard Line in the early 1920s. The other ships were Antonia , Ausonia , Aurania , Ascania , and Alaunia . The ship was constructed in Hebburn , England by the shipbuilders Hawthorn Leslie and Company , was 538 feet (164 m) long, and measured just under 14,000 tons. She could carry more than 1,700 passengers and required 270 crew. She firstly worked on
25-512: Was requisitioned during World War II, and served as a troop transport and later as an armed merchant cruiser . She was purchased by the Admiralty as a repair ship in 1942, and renamed Wayland . She was scrapped in 1948. This article about a specific naval ship or boat of the United Kingdom is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . RMS Andania (1921) RMS Andania
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