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RMS Antonia

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Name
  
RMS Antonia

Port of registry
  
United Kingdom

Yard number
  
498

Launched
  
11 March 1921

Beam
  
20 m

Owner
  
Cunard Line

Builder
  
Vickers Ltd, Barrow

Maiden voyage
  
15 June 1922

Length
  
158 m

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RMS Antonia and her sister ship Andania were the first two of the six 14,000 ton "A" ocean liners built for Cunard in the early 1920s.

Antonia was built by Vickers Ltd., and launched in 1921. She made her maiden voyage from London to Montreal on 15 June 1922. She remained on Cunard's London-Canada service until 1928, when she joined Andania on the Cunard/Anchor/Donaldson joint service. Antonia, too, was requisitioned during World War II, and served as a troop transport and later as an armed merchant cruiser. She was purchased by the Admiralty as a repair ship in 1942, and renamed Wayland. She was scrapped in 1948.

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RMS Antonia Wikipedia