SS Athenia (1903)

TSS Athenia at the port of the Saint John Harbour
History
United Kingdom
NameAthenia
NamesakeAthena, the patron goddess of heroic endeavour
OwnerDonaldson Line
Port of registry
BuilderVickers. Sons & Maxim
Launched20 October 1903
Sponsored byDonaldson Bros.
Maiden voyage21 May 1904
Out of service16 August 1917
Refit1905
IdentificationUK official number 1119121
FateSunk by SM U-53, 16 August 1917
General characteristics
Tonnage
Length478 ft
Beam56 ft
Speed20 knots (37 km/h)

SS Athenia was the first Donaldson Line ship of that name to be torpedoed and sunk off Inishtrahull, by a German submarine (SM U-53) in 1917; the later SS Athenia, was similarly attacked in 1939.

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