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| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| Name | RMS Lady Hawkins |
| Namesake | Katherine, Lady Hawkins |
| Owner | Lady Hawkins Ltd |
| Operator | Canadian National Steamship Co |
| Port of registry |  Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Route | Boston – Bermuda – Caribbean – British Guiana |
| Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England |
| Yard number | 939[1] |
| Launched | 16 August 1928 |
| Completed | November 1928 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by U-66 off Cape Hatteras, 19 January 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Lady-class ocean liner |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 419.5 ft (127.9 m) |
| Beam | 59.1 ft (18.0 m) |
| Depth | 28.2 ft (8.6 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Propulsion | steam turbines; twin screw |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h)[1] |
| Crew | 107 |
| Sensors and processing systems | direction finding equipment |
| Armament | DEMS |
| Notes | sister ships: Lady Drake, Lady Nelson, Lady Rodney, Lady Somers |
RMS Lady Hawkins was a steam turbine ocean liner. She was one of a class of five sister ships popularly known as "Lady Boats" that Cammell Laird of Birkenhead, England built in 1928 and 1929 for the Canadian National Steamship Company (CNS or CN). The five vessels were Royal Mail Ships that CN operated from Halifax, Nova Scotia and the Caribbean via Bermuda. In 1942 the German submarine U-66 sank Lady Hawkins in the North Atlantic, killing 251 of the 322 people aboard.
- ^ a b Lettens, Jan (11 January 2011). "SS Lady Hawkins (+1942)". The Wreck Site. Retrieved 4 January 2014.