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BurdenBuiltShipowner or operator Dimensions
13,950 gross 1921 at Hebburn-on-Tyne, England by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd. Cunard Line 520.2ft x 65.3ft x 39.2ft 
 YearRemarks
 1921 Nov. 1, launchedAtlantic Journey ID 1190
 1922 June 1, maiden voyage London-Southampton-Quebec-MontrealAtlantic Journey ID 1193
 1922 1 voyage Liverpool-New YorkAtlantic Journey ID 1194
 1923 1 voyage Liverpool-New YorkAtlantic Journey ID 1195
 1923 2 voyages Hamburg-New YorkAtlantic Journey ID 1196
 1923 3 voyages Liverpool-BostonAtlantic Journey ID 1197
 1924 3 voyages Cherbourg-Plymouth-London-Hamburg-New YorkAtlantic Journey ID 1198
 1925 10 voyages Cherbourg-New YorkAtlantic Journey ID 1200
 1925 Hamburg-Southampton-New York routeAtlantic Journey ID 1199
 1926 1 voyage Plymouth-Havre-London-New YorkAtlantic Journey ID 1201
 1926 9 voyages Cherbourg-Plymouth-London-Hamburg-New YorkAtlantic Journey ID 1202
 1927 1 voyage Southampton-Cherbourg-Halifax-Havre-New YorkAtlantic Journey ID 1203
 1927 2 voyages Liverpool-Queenstown-New YorkAtlantic Journey ID 1204
 1939 Armed merchant cruiserAtlantic Journey ID 1191
 1940 June 16, torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UA near Iceland, no lives lostAtlantic Journey ID 1192
The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges

Andania (2), Cunard Line steamship
Andania (2), Cunard Line steamship
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The Andania (2) was built in 1922 by Hawthorn Leslie, and was to meet the same destiny as her predecessor. On June 16th, 1940 she was torpedoed by a German submarine off Iceland. Her turbine engines delivered 1,660 nominal horsepower, giving the ship a service speed of 15 knots. She was the sister ship of the S/S Antonia, S/S Ausonia (2) and S/S Aurania (3).

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