SS Transylvania (1914)
SS Transylvania | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | SS Transylvania |
| Owner |
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| Builder | Scotts, Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd., Greenock |
| Launched | 23 May 1914 |
| Acquired | May 1915 |
| Fate | Sunk by German U-boat U-63, 4 May 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 14,348 GRT |
| Length | 548.3 ft (167.1 m) |
| Beam | 66.6 ft (20.3 m) |
| Draught | 42 ft (13 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | Twin screw propellers |
| Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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SS Transylvania was a British passenger liner of the Anchor Line, a subsidiary of the Cunard Line and a sister ship to SS Tuscania. She was torpedoed and sunk on 4 May 1917 by the German U-boat SM U-63 at 44°15′N 8°30′E / 44.250°N 8.500°E while carrying Allied troops to Egypt and sank with a loss of 412 lives.