RMS Moldavia
British ship sunk in 1918 off Beachy Head, now a dive site / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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RMS Moldavia | |
History | |
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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 and 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) |
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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.