Calgarian
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Calgarian |
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Operator | Royal Navy |
Port of registry | Glasgow |
Builder | Fairfield, Govan |
Yard number | 487 |
Launched | 19 April 1913 |
Completed | 1914 |
Identification |
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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 |
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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.