RMS Aurania (1916)
HMT Aurania underway | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Aurania |
| Owner | Cunard Line |
| Operator | Cunard Line |
| Port of registry | Liverpool |
| Route | North Atlantic trooping |
| Builder | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend-on-Tyne |
| Yard number | 965 |
| Launched | 16 July 1916 |
| Completed | 19 March 1917 |
| Acquired | 19 March 1917 |
| Maiden voyage | 28 March 1917 |
| In service | 28 March 1917 |
| Out of service | 4 February 1918 |
| Home port | Liverpool |
| Identification | UK official number 137542 |
| Fate | Torpedoed, then wrecked in tow, 4 February 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 13,936 GRT |
| Length | 520.5 ft (158.6 m) |
| Beam | 63.5 ft (19.4 m) |
| Installed power | 7,500 hp (5.6 MW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
RMS Aurania was an ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line. She was built in 1916 at Wallsend and measured 13,936 gross register tons. She spent her entire career operating as a troopship in the First World War and was wrecked in 1918 while under tow following damage from a torpedo attack.