HMT Ascania
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History | |
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Name | HMHS Ascania |
Builder/Built | 1911 Swan, Hunter & Wighan Richardson Ltd, Wallsend |
Type | passenger / refrigerated cargo ship (twin screw) |
Displacement | 9,111 tons |
Speed | 13 knots |
Remarks
Built as the Gerona for teh Cairn Line but operated by the Cunard Steamship Co, liverpool as Ascania. Wrecked off Cape Ray, Newfoundland while on a journey from Liverpool to Montreal on 13 Jun 1918.