SS Ancona
Front page of The Evening World. 10 November 1915 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Italy | |
| Name | Ancona |
| Namesake | Ancona |
| Owner | Italia Società di Navigazione a Vapore |
| Port of registry | Genoa |
| Route | Genoa – Naples – New York – Philadelphia |
| Builder | Workman, Clark & Co, Belfast |
| Yard number | 270 |
| Launched | 19 December 1907 |
| Sponsored by | Violet Ardill |
| Completed | February 1908 |
| Maiden voyage | 26 March 1908 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk by torpedo, 8 November 1915 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 482.3 ft (147.0 m) |
| Beam | 58.3 ft (17.8 m) |
| Depth | 26.2 ft (8.0 m) |
| Installed power | 1,221 nhp |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Capacity | 1908: 60 first class, 2,500 third class |
| Notes | sister ships: Taormina, Verona |
SS Ancona was an ocean liner, built in 1908 by Workman, Clark and Company of Belfast for the Societa di Navigazione a Vapore Italia of Genoa. She was an emigrant ship on a route between Italy and the United States. SM U-38 sank her on 8 November 1915 off the coast of Tunisia.