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RMS Moldavia : ウィキペディア英語版 | RMS Moldavia The RMS ''Moldavia'' was a passenger steamship owned by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. She was launched on 28 March 1903 and travelled the England — Australia route ''via'' the Suez Canal. The ''Moldavia'' was purchased by the Admiralty in 1915 and converted into an armed merchant cruiser. She was torpedoed and sunk on 23 May 1918 off Beachy Head in the English Channel by a single torpedo from the German Type UB III submarine . At the time she was serving as a troopship for United States troops.〔 ''Moldavias sinking resulted in the deaths of 56 soldiers on board, and all of them were from the United States of America. ==Building== The ''Moldavia'' was built by Caird & Company of Greenock, Scotland for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Her yard number was 301 and she was launched on 28 March 1903. The completed ship was in length, a beam of and a draught of . Her gross tonnage was 9,500.〔 Coal bunkerage was 2,000 tons and cargo about 3,500 tons. ''Moldavia'' was built for 348 first and 166 saloon class passengers.
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