| Name: | TORTONA |
| Type | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo |
| Launched: | 18/08/1909 |
| Completed: | 10/1909 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
| Yard Number: | 837 |
| Dimensions: | 8153grt, 5111nrt, 450.6 x 54.2 x 29.2ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (25.5, 41 & 68 x 48ins), 888nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 129735 |
| History: | |
| 14/10/1909 | Cairn Line of Steamships Ltd, (Cairns, Noble & Co, managers), Newcastle |
| 1911 | Cunard Steam Ship Co Ltd, registered at Liverpool; renamed AUSONIA |
| 30/05/1918 | Sank |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 37 x 1st Class & 1082 x 3rd Class passengers |
| Operated on a Cairn-Thompson Line service | |
| 1911: Purchased by Cunard for £120,001 | |
| 11/06/1917: Torpedoed off southern Ireland, but able to reach port | |
| 30/05/1918: Torpedoed off Fastnet, then sunk by gunfire from U-Boat U55 | |
| On a voyage from Liverpool to New York in ballast. 44 crew lost |
Above photo as TORTONA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as AUSONIA is courtesy of Real Photographs
Above photo as AUSONIA is courtesy of Richard Cox
Aberdeen Press and Journal, Thursday, 19/08/1909