121071: SS /HMS Andania 145934

The SS Andania was a Passenger Steamship built by R & W Hawthorne, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn in 1922 for the Cunard Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool.

In September 1939 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an Armed Merchant Cruiser. HMS Andania served in the Second World War and was torpedoed and sunk with no loss of life on June 16, 1940.

 

Details
Record Type:
Boat
Type Of Boat:
Passenger Steamship; Auxiliary Cruiser
Registration:
145934
Record Maintained by:
CEP