HMS Lucia

HMS Lucia was a steamship that was launched in England in 1907 as the passenger and cargo ship Spreewald for Hamburg America Line (HAPAG)'s Caribbean services. The Royal Navy captured her in 1914, and renamed her Lucia. Elder Dempster Lines managed her until 1916, when she was converted into the submarine depôt ship HMS Lucia.

HMS Lucia served in home waters in the First World War, and in Malta and home waters between the wars. In the Second World War she served in the Indian Ocean, and in 1942 she was damaged in a Japanese air attack in Ceylon. Later in the war she was a repair ship for surface ships.

In 1946 Lucia was sold back into merchant service. By 1948 she had been converted into a cargo ship, renamed Sinai, and registered in Panama. She was scrapped in Italy in 1951.

This was the first of three HAPAG ships that were named after the Spreewald district of Lusatia. The second Spreewald was a motor ship that was completed in 1923 and sank in 1942. The third was a motor ship that was completed in 1951 and scrapped in 1979.