RMS Antonia
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.
 RMS Antonia | |
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| Name: | RMS Antonia |
| Owner: | Cunard Line |
| Port of registry: | United Kingdom |
| Builder: | Vickers Ltd, Barrow |
| Yard number: | 498 |
| Launched: | 11 March 1921 |
| Maiden voyage: | 15 June 1922 |
| Fate: | Broken up at Troon in Scotland in 1948. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage: | 13,867 GRT |
| Length: | 158.45 metres (519.8 ft) |
| Beam: | 19.90 metres (65.3 ft) |
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| Propulsion: | Twin Propellers |
| Speed: | 15 knots |
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| Crew: | 271 |
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, 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.
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