| Name: | ASCANIA launched as GERONA |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 04/03/1911 |
| Completed: | 05/1911 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 869 |
| Dimensions: | 9111grt, 5699nrt, 466.0 x 56.1 x 29.4ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (25.5, 41 & 68 x 48ins), 976nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 131342 |
| History: | |
| 18/05/1911 | Cunard Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 13/06/1918 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 04/03/1911: Launched as GERONA for Cairn Line of Steamships Ltd, |
| (Cairns, Noble & Co, managers), Newcastle | |
| Accommodation for 200 x 2nd and 1500 x 3rd Class passengers | |
| 13/06/1918: Wrecked 20 miles east of Cape Ray, Newfoundland | |
| On a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of the Dickinson Collection
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Turnwald
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Wednesday, 01/03/1911
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Friday, 17/03/1911