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7,907 gross 1909 at Wallsend-on-Tyne, England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Cunard Line 450.6ft x 54.2ft 

Ausonia (1), Cunard Line steamship
Ausonia (1), Cunard Line
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Ausonia (1), Cunard Line steamship
S/S Ausonia (1) of the Cunard Line
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The S/S Ausonia (1) was built in 1909 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson in Newcastle as the "Tortona" for the Thompson Line. Purchased by Cunard Line in 1911, and renamed "Ausonia". Torpedoed and lost in May 1918.

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