| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Namesake | 1935: Liguria |
| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Barclay, Curle & Co & Harland & Wolff |
| Yard number | 517, 463 |
| Laid down | 1913 |
| Launched | 21 April 1917 |
| Completed | 12 January 1918 |
| Maiden voyage | Liverpool to St John, NB |
| Reclassified | 1935: troop ship |
| Refit | 1925: Palmers, Jarrow |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk 1940, raised 1941, scrapped 1950 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 520 ft (160 m) |
| Beam | 67.2 ft (20.5 m) |
| Draught | 340 ft 4 in (103.73 m) |
| Depth | 50.3 ft (15.3 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16+1⁄2 knots (30.6 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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| Notes | sister ship: Minnedosa |
SS Melita was one of a pair of transatlantic steam ocean liners that were built in the United Kingdom, launched in 1917 and operated by Canadian Pacific until 1935. Her sister ship was Minnedosa.
In 1935 Flotte Riuniti Cosulich-Lloyd Sabaudo obtained both ships, renamed them, and converted them into troop ships for the Italian government. Melita was renamed Liguria, and in 1936 passed to Lloyd Triestino.
In 1940 a British aircraft torpedoed Liguria in the Mediterranean. In 1941 Italian forces scuttled her at Tobruk. Her wreck was raised, and in 1950 it was scrapped.