Andania

Cunard Line

Length:	520.3 ft.
Breadth:	64.0 ft.
Draft (or Depth):	43 ft. (depth)
Tonnage:	13,405 (gross)
Engines:	2 x 8 cyl. quadruple engines, dual screw; 8,500 h.p.
Speed:	15 knots
Builder:	Scott Shipbuilding and Engineering Co.
Launched:	March 22, 1913
Maiden Voyage:	July 14, 1913
Disposition:	January 28, 1918 - torpedoed by U-46.
Particulars:	Port of Registry: Liverpool, England Flag of Registry: British Funnel color: Red with black top; 3 black rings Company flag: Red; at center a golden lion holding a globe Signal Letters: Wireless call letters: Details: Steel deck; 2 funnels; 2 masts; twin screw; accommodation - 520 2nd class, 1,540 3rd class

Relationship to Lusitania disaster / inquiry.

Referenced by Cunard Chairman Alfred Booth during testimony regarding Welin davits used on Cunard vessels.

Data:

March 22, 1913

Launched.

July 14, 1913

Maiden voyage; Liverpool - Southampton - Quebec - Montreal. Subsequent voyages sailed from London.

August 1914.

Requisitioned as a troopship Canadian troops.

1915.

Used as accommodation for German POW's held on the River Thames.

Used to support the Gallipoli campaign as well transporting troops to landings in Sulva.

1916

Returned to transporting Canadian troops.

January 26, 1918

Left Liverpool for the last time, bound for New York.

January 28, 1918

Struck by torpedo from German submarine U.46 near Rathlin Light. The veseel took a list to starboard and began to sink. Seven lives lost.

Image Courtesy: Jeff Newman and Greatships.net. Used with permission.