RMS Moldavia
50°23.13′N 0°28.72′W / 50.38550°N 0.47867°W
RMS Moldavia | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | RMS Moldavia |
| Owner | P&O Steam Navigation Co |
| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Caird & Company, Greenock, Scotland |
| Yard number | 301 |
| Launched | 28 March 1903 |
| Fate | Purchased by the Admiralty in 1915 and converted into an armed merchant cruiser. |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Moldavia |
| Acquired | 1915 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk 23 May 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | P&O M-class passenger liner |
| Tonnage | 9,500 tons |
| Length | 520 ft (160 m) |
| Beam | 58.3 ft (17.8 m) |
| Draught | 24.8 ft (7.6 m) |
| Installed power | 2 triple expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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RMS Moldavia was a British passenger steamship of the early 20th century. She served as the Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser HMS Moldavia during World War I until sunk by an Imperial German Navy submarine in 1918.