RMS Carmania (1905)

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History
United Kingdom
Name	Carmania
Namesake	Carmania
Owner	Cunard Line
Operator	1914–16: Royal Navy
Port of registry	Liverpool
Route	Liverpool – New York
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number	366
Laid down	17 May 1904
Launched	21 February 1905
Completed	November 1905
Maiden voyage	2 December 1905
Identification	UK official number: 120901 Code letters HFBJ 1914–16: Pennant number: M 55
Fate	Scrapped 1932 at Blyth
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	19,566 GRT, 9,250 NRT
Length	650.4 ft (198.2 m) registered length 678 ft (207 m) o/a
Beam	72.2 ft (22.0 m)
Draught	33 ft 3 in (10.13 m)
Depth	40.0 ft (12.2 m)
Decks	3
Installed power	21,000 SHP
Propulsion	1 × High-pressure steam turbine 2 × Low-pressure steam turbines 3 × Propellers
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Capacity	As built: 2,650 berths in four classes 1923: 1,440 berths Cargo: 46,280 cubic feet (1,311 m3) refrigerated
Crew	450
Sensors and processing systems	By 1930: Submarine signalling Wireless Direction finding
Armament	(as AMC): 8 × QF 4.7 inch Mk V naval guns
Notes	Sister ship: RMS Caronia

RMS Carmania was a Cunard Line transatlantic steam turbine ocean liner. She was launched in 1905 and scrapped in 1932. In World War I she was first an armed merchant cruiser (AMC)^[1] and then a troop ship.

Carmania was the sister ship of RMS Caronia, although the two ships had different machinery. When new, the pair were the largest ships in the Cunard fleet.^[2]