Name SS Albania Operator Cunard Line Yard number 479 Length 164 m Beam 20 m | Owner Cunard Line Port of registry Liverpool Launched 17 April 1920 Depth 14 m | |
Route Liverpool to New York (After 1922 Liverpool - Montreal Quebec) Builder Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | ||
SS Albania was a cargo liner built in 1920 by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd. Greenock, Scotland for the Cunard Line. Designed to maximize cargo capacity, passenger accommodations were limited to the shelter and "tween" decks. Originally intended for the Liverpool New York run, she was transferred in April of 1922 to the Canadian route. Ultimately the vessel proved a disappointment for Cunard and was laid up in 1925 until purchased in 1930 by the Italian company Liberia Triestina who renamed her SS California. She was converted in a hospital ship in 1935.
Loss
California was sunk by Fairey Swordfish torpedo aircraft of 830 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm off Syracuse on 11 August 1941.
References
SS Albania (1920) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA