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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| ATHENIA |
146330 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1923 |
28/01/1922 |
03/1923 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger Liner
| Steel Steam Turbine |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan |
Fairfield |
596 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 13581 grt / 8118 nrt / |
526.3 ft |
66.4 ft |
38.1 ft |
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| Engine builder |
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan |
| Engine detail |
| 6 x steam turbines of 8700ihp, 2 - Screw |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Anchor-Donaldson Ltd. - Donaldson Bros. Ltd., Glasgow |
Glasgow |
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| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1928 joint managers Donaldson Bros. & Anchor Line (Henderson Bros.) Ltd.
1935 Donaldson Atlantic Line Ltd. - Donaldson Bros. Ltd., Glasgow
1938 managers Donaldson Bros. & Black Ltd., Glasgow |
| Vessel history |
Ordered by Cunard Steam Ship Co. Ltd.
1552 passengers. Part refrigerated. |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1939 |
Torpedoed 03/09/1939 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Torpedoed by U.30 only 8 hours after declaration of war in 56.44N - 14.05W on passage Liverpool for Montreal. 93 passengers and 19 crew lost. |
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Athenia - Company Postcard
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