RMS Andania (1913)

	RMS Andania in Scott's Yard alongside HMS Ajax
History
United Kingdom
Name	Andania
Owner	Cunard Line
Operator	1914: Royal Navy
Port of registry	1913: Liverpool
Builder	Scotts S&E, Greenock
Yard number	446
Launched	22 March 1913
Completed	13 July 1913
Maiden voyage	14 July 1913
Identification	UK official number 135481; code letters JCPL; ; wireless call sign GAH;
Fate	Sunk by torpedo, 27 January 1918
General characteristics
Type	ocean liner
Tonnage	13,405 GRT, 8,275 NRT
Length	520.3 ft (158.6 m)
Beam	64.0 ft (19.5 m)
Depth	43.1 ft (13.1 m)
Decks	2
Installed power	1,324 NHP
Propulsion	2 × quadruple-expansion engines; 2 × screws;
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Capacity	passengers: 520 2nd class; 1,540 3rd class

RMS Andania was a Cunard ocean liner built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Greenock. She was launched on 22 March 1913 and was completed on 13 July 1913.^[1]

In World War I Andania transported the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and Royal Dublin Fusiliers to Cape Helles for the landing at Suvla Bay by the British IX Corps. The landing was part of the August Offensive during the Battle of Gallipoli.

Description

Andania's registered length was 520.3 ft (158.6 m), her beam was 64.0 ft (19.5 m), and her depth was 43.1 ft (13.1 m). Her tonnages were 13,405 GRT and 8,275 NRT. She had twin funnels and two masts.^[2] Her hull was steel and she had twin screws, driven by two quadruple-expansion engines. Their combined power was rated at 1,324 NHP, and gave her a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h).^[2] The ship could accommodate 520 second-class and 1,540 third-class passengers.^[2] Her sister ships were Alaunia and Aurania which were almost identical and "cater(ed) only for second and third class passengers. The old-style third class dormitories were replaced by four or six-berth cabins."^[2]

History

The Andania made her maiden voyage on 14 July 1913 from Liverpool via Southampton to Quebec and Montreal. In August 1914 she was requisitioned as a troopship and made several trips carrying Canadian troops. For a few weeks in 1915 the Andania was used to accommodate German POWs in the Thames. In the summer of 1915 it was used in the Gallipoli campaign when she was used to transport the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and Royal Dublin Fusiliers to Cape Helles for the landings at Suvla.^[3] In late December 1915 she took the 13th and 14th York and Lancaster Regiment (Barnsley Pals) from Plymouth to Port Said in Egypt, to defend the Suez Canal.^[4] After transporting more Canadian troops in 1916, she returned to passenger service in 1917 on the Liverpool – New York route. Andania left Liverpool on 26 January 1918 with 40 passengers and a crew of about 200. she was part of a convoy of seven ships.^[5] On 27 January she was hit amidships by a torpedo from German submarine U-46 captained by Leo Hillebrand, two miles north-northeast of Rathlin East (Altacarry Head) lighthouse on Rathlin Island, County Antrim.^[6] She immediately listed to starboard and began to sink. Attempts were made to tow the ship but it sank after a few hours.^[7] The passengers were saved, but the sinking killed seven crew members.^[2] The wreck lies at a depth of between 175 to 189 metres (574 to 620 ft).^[8]

Footnotes

^ "Andania (1135481)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Andania I". Cunard Heritage. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
^ "Old Sedbergian Club website - accessed 10 November 2009". Osclub.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
^ Cooksey, Jon (2008). "Chapter Six - Poachers' Rest". Barnsley Pals: The 13th & 14th Battalions York and Lancaster Regiment. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-1473891982.
^ "The Los Angeles Herald". 13 February 1918. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Andania". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
^ "Lands 107 survivors of steamer Andania" (PDF). The New York Times. 14 February 1918. Retrieved 17 April 2012 – via Times Machine.
^ "RMS Andania [+1918]". Wrecksite, accessed 10 November 2009. Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 17 April 2012.

55°20′N 6°12′W / 55.333°N 6.200°W / 55.333; -6.200

[Miramar-1] "Andania (1135481)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 9 August 2009.

[Cunard-2] "Andania I". Cunard Heritage. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2009.

[3] "Old Sedbergian Club website - accessed 10 November 2009". Osclub.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2012.

[4] Cooksey, Jon (2008). "Chapter Six - Poachers' Rest". Barnsley Pals: The 13th & 14th Battalions York and Lancaster Regiment. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-1473891982.

[5] "The Los Angeles Herald". 13 February 1918. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

[6] Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Andania". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 August 2009.

[7] "Lands 107 survivors of steamer Andania" (PDF). The New York Times. 14 February 1918. Retrieved 17 April 2012 – via Times Machine.

[8] "RMS Andania [+1918]". Wrecksite, accessed 10 November 2009. Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 17 April 2012.

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