Athenia

Sunk

Type	Transport
War	Second World War

Donaldson liner sailing from Glasgow to Montreal with more than 1,100 passengers, many of them refugees and some 300 Americans. Torpedoed by U-30 north-west of Ireland on the evening of 3 September 1939, the day Britain declared war; 117 people died. Germany denied sinking her for years.

SS Athenia in Montreal Harbour in 1933. Credit National Archives of Canada. Photo: Johnston, C.M. (Part of the Clifford M. Johnston collection), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Builder	Fairfield SB & Eng Co, Govan
Launched	28 January 1922
Length	526.3 ft (160.4 m) p/p
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

28 January 1922

Sinking of Athenia

Sunk

3 September 1939

117 killed