| Name: | ASCANIA |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 20/12/1923 |
| Completed: | 05/1925 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 971 |
| Dimensions: | 14013grt, 8437nrt, 520.0 x 65.3 x 39.2ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, DR geared, 1640nhp, 8500shp |
| Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 15.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 147307 |
| History: | |
| 17/04/1925 | Cunard Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1934 | Company re-styled as Cunard White Star Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1949 | Company re-styled as Cunard Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 01/01/1957 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1925: Completion delayed due to cost over-run |
| Accommodation for 510 x Cabin Class & 1178 x 3rd Class passengers | |
| 24/08/1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted into an armed merchant cruiser | |
| Renamed HMS ASCANIA. Armed with 8 x 1 x 6.0ins & 2 x 1 x 3.0ins guns | |
| 10/1942: Used as a troopship by the Ministry of War Transport | |
| 1943: Converted into a Landing Ship Infantry | |
| 1947: Returned to owners | |
| 1956: Requisitioned for Suez landings | |
| 01/01/1957: Broken up at Newport by John Cashmore |
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Above photo as HMS ASCANIA is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
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Above photo is courtesy of the Richard Turnwald collection