SS Ausonia (1909)
SS Ausonia in 1911 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Port of registry | United Kingdom, Liverpool |
| Builder | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. |
| Yard number | 837 |
| Laid down | 1909 |
| Launched | 18 August 1909 |
| Completed | September 1909 |
| Acquired | September 1909 |
| Maiden voyage | 22 October 1909 |
| In service | 22 October 1909 |
| Out of service | 30 May 1918 |
| Identification | Official number: 129735 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk on 30 May 1918 |
| Notes | Call letters: HPTV |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger ship |
| Tonnage | 7,907 GRT |
| Length | 137.3 metres (450 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 16.5 metres (54 ft 2 in) |
| Depth | 8.9 metres (29 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power | Twin triple expansion engines |
| Propulsion | 2 screw propellers |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,037 passengers (37 1st-class & 1,000 steerage) |
| Crew | 140 |
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SS Ausonia was a British passenger ship that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine SM U-62 620 nautical miles (1,150 km; 710 mi) west south west of the Fastnet Rock in the Atlantic Ocean on 30 May 1918 with the loss of 44 lives, while she was travelling from Liverpool, United Kingdom to New York City, United States with general cargo.