SS Transylvania (1914)
RMS Transylvania
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| Name: | SS Transylvania |
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| Builder: | Scotts, Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd., Greenock, Scotland |
| Launched: | May 23, 1914 |
| Status: | Sunk by German U-boat U-63, May 4 1917 |
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| Tonnage: | 14348 gross tonnes |
| Length: | 548.3 ft (167.1 m) |
| Beam: | 66.6 ft (20.3 m) |
| Draught: | 42 ft (13 m) |
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| Propulsion: | Twin screws |
| Speed: | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h) |
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The SS Transylvania was a passenger liner of the Cunard subsidiary Anchor Line, and a sister ship to SS Tuscania. She was torpedoed and sunk on May 4, 1917 by the German U-boat U-63 at 44°15′N 8°30′E / 44.250°N 8.500°ECoordinates: 44°15′N 8°30′E / 44.250°N 8.500°E while carrying Allied troops to Egypt and sank with a loss of 412 lives.
Completed just before the outbreak of World War I, the Transylvania was taken over for service as a troopship upon completion. She was designed to accommodate 1,379 passengers but the Admiralty fixed her capacity at 200 officers and 2,860 men, besides crew, when she was commissioned in May 1915.
On May 3 1917, the Transylvania sailed from Marseille to Alexandria with a full complement of troops, escorted by the Japanese destroyers Matsu and Sakaki.
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