| Name: | AUSONIA |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 21/03/1921 |
| Completed: | 08/1922 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 970 |
| Dimensions: | 13912grt, 8527nrt, 520.0 x 65.3 x 39.1ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, DR geared, 1640nhp, 8500shp |
| Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 15.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 145970 |
| History: | |
| 19/08/1922 | Cunard Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1934 | Company re-styled as Cunard White Star Ltd, Liverpool |
| 03/06/1942 | The Admiralty |
| 09/1965 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 510 x Cabin Class & 1178 x Third Class passengers |
| Built for the UK to Canada service and aimed at the emigrant market | |
| 02/09/1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty & converted to an armed merchant cruiser | |
| Renamed HMS AUSONIA & armed with 8 x 1 x 6.0ins & 2 x 1 x 3.0ins guns | |
| 03/06/1942: Converted to a repair ship & allocated Admiralty pennant number A153 | |
| 09/1965: Broken up at Castellon |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is copyright of the Dickinson Album
Above photo is copyright of the Dickinson Album
Above photo as HMS AUSONIA is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as HMS AUSONIA is courtesy of the Bothwell Collection
Profile & Decks plan copyright Newcastle City Libraries. Click HERE to enlarge
Yorkshire Post & Intelligencer, Tuesday, 27/12/1921
Taunton Courier & Advertiser, Wednesday, 30/08/1922