RMS Moldavia

50°23.13′N 0°28.72′W / 50.38550°N 0.47867°W / 50.38550; -0.47867

RMS Moldavia
History
United Kingdom
NameRMS Moldavia
OwnerP&O Steam Navigation Co
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderCaird & Company, Greenock, Scotland
Yard number301
Launched28 March 1903
FatePurchased by the Admiralty in 1915 and converted into an armed merchant cruiser.
United Kingdom
NameHMS Moldavia
Acquired1915
FateTorpedoed and sunk 23 May 1918
General characteristics
Class and typeP&O M-class passenger liner
Tonnage9,500 tons
Length520 ft (160 m)
Beam58.3 ft (17.8 m)
Draught24.8 ft (7.6 m)
Installed power2 triple expansion steam engines
Speed18.5 knots (34.3 km/h)
Capacity
  • 348 first class passengers
  • 166 saloon class passengers

RMS Moldavia was a British passenger steamship of the early 20th century. She served as the Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser HMS Moldavia during World War I until sunk by an Imperial German Navy submarine in 1918.