SS Transylvania (1914)

SS Transylvania
History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Transylvania
Owner	Cunard Steam-Ship Co., Liverpool 1915 Anchor Line (Henderson Brothers) Ltd.
Builder	Scotts, Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd., Greenock
Launched	23 May 1914
Acquired	May 1915
Fate	Sunk by German U-boat U-63, 4 May 1917
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	14,348 GRT
Length	548.3 ft (167.1 m)
Beam	66.6 ft (20.3 m)
Draught	42 ft (13 m)
Installed power	6 × Scotch boilers 2 × Parsons steam turbines
Propulsion	Twin screw propellers
Speed	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h)
Capacity	1,379 passengers, as built 3,060, as troopship

SS Transylvania was a British passenger liner of the Anchor Line, a subsidiary of the Cunard Line and a sister ship to SS Tuscania. She was torpedoed and sunk on 4 May 1917 by the German U-boat SM U-63 at 44°15′N 8°30′E / 44.250°N 8.500°E / 44.250; 8.500 while carrying Allied troops to Egypt and sank with a loss of 412 lives.