RMS Transylvania - F 56
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Transylvania was laid down at Fairfield Shipbuilding &
Engineering Co Ltd in Glasgow in March 1925, and was
launched the same year for the company Anchor Line Ltd in
Glasgow. She served the route between the United Kingdom
and America until the outbreak of world war two. In
September 1939, she was requisitioned by the Admiralty in
London, and refitted reassigned as an armed merchant
cruiser, the F-56. The year after, she was torpedoed by
the German Submarine U-56 under command of Oberleutnant
Otto Harms 10.August 1940 northeast of Malin Head. She was
disabled but still afloat, and was taken under tow, but
after a few miles she capsized. Nearby trawlers rescued
approx 300 people from the sinking ship. It is believed
that 36 people died in the sinking. The wreck of RMS
Transylvania rest today approx 25 nautical miles north of
Tory Island on a depth of 130 meters.
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| 55° 50'N, 8° 03'W - Grid AM 5354 ( Source: Uboat.net )  Picture: RMS Transylvania Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Public domain Last updated: August 2019 |
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