Name Amazon Maiden voyage 1906 Length 156 m Builder Harland and Wolff | Completed 1906 In service 1906 Beam 18 m | |
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Owner Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Ltd. Port of registry Belfast, United Kingdom | ||
RMS Amazon was a British ocean liner that was torpedoed and sunk by SM U110 in the Atlantic Ocean 30 miles North by West off Malin Head, Ireland , while she was travelling from Liverpool, United Kingdom to Brazil.
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Construction
Amazon was constructed in 1906 at the Harland & Wolff Ltd. shipyard in Belfast, United Kingdom. She was completed in 1906. She was named Amazon and served from 1906 until her demise in 1918.
The ship was 156 metres (511 ft 10 in) long, with a beam of 18 metres (59 ft 1 in). The ship was assessed at 10,037 GRT. She had a 1 x 4 cyl quadruple expansion engine driving a single screw propeller. The engine was rated at 875 nhp.
Sinking
On 15 March 1918, Amazon was on a voyage from Liverpool, United Kingdom to Brazil with 24 passengers and without escorts. She had left Liverpool on 14 March and was forced to sail at slow speed due to a thick fog. On the morning of 15 March 1918 at 9.30AM, when she was traveling in a zigzag manoeuvre at about 51 miles off the coast of Northern Ireland. She was hit by a torpedo at hold number four, where the coal bunker was located.
In just fifteen minutes the Amazon sank stern first beneath the waves. All passengers and crew were rescued by the destroyer HMS Moresby.
The destroyer still managed to sink the SM U110 with depth bombs and rescued 9 of the 48 crewmembers from the German submarine.
Wreck
The wreck sits 116 metres (381 ft) deep. The ship is not considered a war grave.