- RMS Andania
RMS "Andania" was a British
ocean liner , originally built forCunard Line s in 1922.She was constructed in
Newcastle upon Tyne by the shipbuildersHawthorn Leslie and Company , was 538 feet long, and weighed just under 14,000 tons. She could carry more than 1,700 passengers and required 270 crew. [ [http://www.geocities.com/Cunard_Line/Andania-II.html Andania-II] Independent website - Retrieved on2007-07-25 ] She firstly worked on theHamburg toNew York route, and later betweenLiverpool andMontreal . [ [http://web.greatships.net:81/andania2.html RMS Andania] Greatships.net - Retrieved on2007-07-25 ]At the start of
World War II , "Andania" was requisitioned for use as an armed merchant cruiser. Whilst engaged on these duties, she was torpedoed and badly damaged by aU-Boat on 16 June 1940. All on board were rescued before the crippled liner sunk some 70 miles fromReykjavík .References
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