RMS Moldavia
RMS Moldavia
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| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name: | RMS Moldavia |
| Owner: | P&O Steam Navigation Co |
| Port of registry: |  |
| Builder: | Caird & Company, Greenock, Scotland |
| Yard number: | 301 |
| Fate: | Bought by the Admiralty in 1915 and converted into an armed merchant cruiser. |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name: | HMS Moldavia |
| Port of registry: |  |
| Acquired: | 1915 |
| Fate: | Torpedoed and sunk 23 May 1918. 56 soldiers from the USA died. |
| Status: | Wreck |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | P&O M-class passenger liner |
| Tonnage: | 9,500 tons |
| Length: | 520 ft (160 m) |
| Beam: | 58.3 ft (17.8 m) |
| Draught: | 24.8 ft (7.6 m) |
| Installed power: | 2 triple expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h) |
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Coordinates: 50°23.13′N 0°28.72′W / 50.38550°N 0.47867°W
RMS Moldavia was a British passenger steamship of the early 20th century. She served as the Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser HMS Moldavia during World War I until sunk by an Imperial German Navy submarine in 1918.
Moldavia was built by Caird & Company of Greenock, Scotland for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Her yard number was 301 and she was launched on 28 March 1903. The completed ship was 520 ft (160 m) in length, a beam of 58.3 ft (17.8 m) and a draught of 24.8 ft (7.6 m). Her gross tonnage was 9,500. Coal bunkerage was 2,000 tons and cargo about 3,500 tons. Moldavia was built for 348 first and 166 saloon class passengers.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company operated Moldavia on the England—Australia route via the Suez Canal.
The British Admiralty purchased Moldavia in 1915 for Royal Navy service during World War I, when she was converted into an armed merchant cruiser and fitted with 6" guns before she was commissioned as HMS Moldavia.
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