RMS Franconia (1910)
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | RMS Franconia |
| Owner: | Cunard Line |
| Port of registry: |
 United Kingdom |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Launched: | 23 July 1910 |
| Fate: | Sunk on 4 October 1916 by UB-47 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage: | 18,150 gross |
| Length: | 625 ft (191 m) |
| Beam: | 71 ft (22 m) |
| Installed power: | Quadruple expansion engines |
| Propulsion: | Two propellers |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Capacity: | 2,850 passengers |
The RMS Franconia was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line. She was launched on 23 July 1910 at the Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne.
After several years service primarily in the North Atlantic, she was taken into service as a troop transport in early 1915. On 4 October 1916, while heading for Salonika, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat UB-47 195 miles east of Malta. 12 of the 314 on board were lost.
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