RMS Transylvania (1925)

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History
United Kingdom
Name	RMS Transylvania
Namesake	Transylvania
Owner	Anchor Line
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Glasgow
Launched	11 March 1925
In service	September 1925
Out of service	August 1939
Fate	Acquired by the Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Transylvania
Operator	Royal Navy
Acquired	August 1939
Commissioned	5 October 1939
Identification	Pennant number: F56
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk 10 August 1940
General characteristics
Type	Ocean Liner
Tonnage	16,923 GRT
Length	552 ft (168 m)
Beam	70.2 ft (21.4 m)
Propulsion	twin steam turbine engines
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Armament	8 × 6 in (152 mm) Mk. VII guns 2 × 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns

RMS Transylvania was a British ocean liner. She was launched on 11 March 1925 for the Anchor Line and was the sister ship to the SS California and RMS Caledonia. She was converted into an armed merchant cruiser, pennant F56 during World War II. On 10 August 1940, HMS Transylvania was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-56.^[1]