Athenia (1923) |
Builder: |
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Ltd. Govan, Scotland |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Keel Laid: |
N/A |
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Year Built: |
1923 |
Launched: |
January 28, 1922 |
Type: |
Passenger (Refrigerated) |
Completed: |
April 1923 |
Fate: |
Sunk Sept. 4, 1939 (a) by U-30 (Oberleutnant zur See Fritz-Julius Lemp) Location: North Atlantic, 231 miles northwest of Erris Head, Ireland. (56.44N-14.05W) 112 passengers and crew lost, 1,306 survivors removed by SS Knut Nelson, the yacht Southern Cross, SS City of Flint (USA) and HM destroyers Electra H-27, Escort H-65 and Fame H-78. (Roll of Honour) |
Notes |
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(a): |
Torpedoed on Sept. 3rd, but did not sink until the 4th. |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance (as built) |
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Length: |
526' 3" (OA) |
Engines: |
6 Double reduction geared steam turbines |
Beam: |
66'" |
Boilers: |
N/A |
Draft: |
38" 1" (depth) |
Shafts: |
2 |
Gross Tons: |
13,465 |
HP: |
N/A |
DWT: |
N/A |
Speed: |
15.5 knots |
Passengers: |
1,516 (1,552 in 1927) |
Notes: |
Engines built by Fairfield. |
Owner |
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As built: |
Anchor-Donaldson Line Ltd. Glasgow, Scotland |
1935: |
Donaldson Atlantic Line Ltd. Glasgow, Scotland |
Masters |
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From |
To |
Name |
N/A |
Sept. 4, 1939 |
James Cook |
Ship's History |
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Apr. 21, 1923: |
Maiden voyage Glasgow to Montreal, Canada. Remained on this service until lost. |
Note: |
Athenia was the first British vessel sunk in World War II. |
The Anchor-Donaldson Line owned another ship named Athenia which was lost in the Great War on Aug. 16, 1917 when it was torpedoed and sunk by SMS U-53 only a couple of hundred miles from where this Athenia was sunk. |
Page published Sept. 3, 2008 |