SS Ancona

Front page of The Evening World. 10 November 1915
History
Italy
Name	Ancona
Namesake	Ancona
Owner	Italia Società di Navigazione a Vapore
Port of registry	Genoa
Route	Genoa – Naples – New York – Philadelphia
Builder	Workman, Clark & Co, Belfast
Yard number	270
Launched	19 December 1907
Sponsored by	Violet Ardill
Completed	February 1908
Maiden voyage	26 March 1908
Identification	Italian official number 371 code letters NCRM wireless telegraphy call sign: 1913: MOA 1914: ITA
Fate	Sunk by torpedo, 8 November 1915
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	1908: 8,885 GRT, 6,020 NRT 1911: 8,210 GRT, 5,034 NRT
Length	482.3 ft (147.0 m)
Beam	58.3 ft (17.8 m)
Depth	26.2 ft (8.0 m)
Installed power	1,221 nhp
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion engines 2 × screws
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity	1908: 60 first class, 2,500 third class
Notes	sister ships: Taormina, Verona

SS Ancona was an ocean liner, built in 1908 by Workman, Clark and Company of Belfast for the Societa di Navigazione a Vapore Italia of Genoa. She was an emigrant ship on a route between Italy and the United States. SM U-38 sank her on 8 November 1915 off the coast of Tunisia.