HMS Calgarian (1913)

Calgarian
History
United Kingdom
Name	Calgarian
Owner	1914: Allan Line 1917: Canadian Pacific
Operator	Royal Navy
Port of registry	Glasgow
Builder	Fairfield, Govan
Yard number	487
Launched	19 April 1913
Completed	1914
Identification	UK official number 136277 code letters JFDK call sign MJU pennant number: 1914: M 54 1918: MI 58
Fate	Sunk by U-19, 1 March 1918
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	17,515 GRT, 10,787 NRT
Length	568.8 ft (173.4 m)
Beam	70.3 ft (21.4 m)
Draught	28 ft 6 in (8.7 m)[1]
Depth	54 ft (16.5 m) moulded to the bridge deck[1]
Installed power	21,000 shp (16,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × screws 4 × steam turbines
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Armament	8 × 6 in (150 mm) guns

SS Calgarian was an Allan Line steam turbine ocean liner that was built in 1914 and converted into a Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser. Until 1916 she served with the 9th Cruiser Squadron, patrolling off West Africa and then off the east coast of the United States. She spent the remainder of her career making transatlantic crossings between Canada and Britain.

An Imperial German Navy U-boat sank her off Rathlin Island, Ireland on 1 March 1918. Three torpedoes hit her, and her sinking killed two officers and 47 ratings.