Anchor Line
 
 
This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Anchor Line. An alphabetical list of ships shown on this page is shown below. The Table beneath gives links to complete history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table is a Fleet List in chronological order.
 
This page is still under construction!
 
 
Ships on This Page:-
Algeria (2) (1914 - 8,156 gt)
Anchoria (2) (1911 - 5,430 gt)
Assyria (3) (1908 - 8,142 gt)
Astoria (1884 - 5,086 gt)
Athenia (1923 - 13,465 gt)
Britannia (3) (1926 - 8,799 gt)
Calabria (1) (1901 - 4,374 gt)
Caledonia (3) (1905 - 9,223 gt)
Caledonia (4) (1925 - 17,046 gt)
Caledonia (5) (1948 - 11,252 gt)
California (2) (1907 - 8,662 gt)
California (3) (1923 - 16,792 gt)
Cameronia (1) (1911 - 10,963 gt)
Cameronia (2) (1921 - 16,365 gt) - later Empire Clyde

Castalia (2) (1906 - 6,715 gt)
Cilicia (1937 - 11,136 gt)

Circassia (2) (1903 - 6,861 gt)
Circassia (3) (1937 - 11,170 gt)
Columbia (2) (1902 - 8,292 gt)
Elysia (2) (1908 - 6,757 gt)
Empire Clyde (1921 - 16,365 gt) - ex-Cameronia (2)
Empire Halladale (1921 - 13,589 gt)
Italia (2) (1904 - 4,806 gt)
Massilia (1902 - 5,156 gt)
Media (1911 - 5,437 gt)
Olympia (2) (1902 - 5,197 gt)
Scindia (3) (1900 - 5,178 gt)
Tarantia (1) (1911 - 4,938 gt)
Tiberia (1913 - 4,880 gt)
Transylvania (1) (1914 - 14,315 gt)
Transylvania (2) (1925 - 16,923 gt)
Tuscania (1) (1915 - 14,348 gt)
Tuscania (2) (1922 - 16,991 gt)
 
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Table of Ship Histories

Name

Other names

 Built
 Tuscania (2)  Nea Hellas, New York

 1922
 
 
 
 
 
Anchor Line Fleet List
 
 
Astoria
(1899-1910 - 5,086 gt)
 
ex-Tainui, 1899 purchased from Shaw, Savill & Albion Line renamed Astoria, 1908 laid up, 1910 scrapped.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Scindia (3) (1900 - 5,178 gt)
1927 scrapped.
 
 
 
 

Calabria (1)
(1901 - 4,374 gt)
 
1923 scrapped.
 
 
 
 
 

Perugia (1901 - 4,348 gt)
1916 requisitioned by Br. Admiralty, converted to 'Q' ship, torpedoed and sunk 1916
 
 
 
 

Columbia (2)
(1902-1926 - 8,292 gt)
 
1914-1918 requisitioned as Armed Merchant Cruiser renamed HMS Columbella, 1919 returned to owners renamed Columbia. 1926 sold Byron Line renamed Moreas.
 
 
 
 
 

Massilia (1902 - 5,156 gt)
1930 scrapped
 

Olympia (2) (1902 - 5,197 gt)
1926 scrapped
 

Circassia (2) (1903 - 6,861 gt)
1931 scrapped.
 

Italia (2) (1904 - 4,806 gt)
1923 scrapped
 
 
 
 

Caledonia (3)
(1905-1916 - 9,223 gt)
 
1914 requisitioned as troopship, 1916 torpedoed and sunk off Malta.
 
 
Official Anchor Line postcard of Caledonia (3).
 
Official Anchor Line postcard of Caledonia (3).
 
Postcard of Caledonia (3).
 
 
 
 

Castalia (2)
(1906-1949 - 6,715 gt)
 
1949 sold to Italy, renamed Marengo.
 
 
Official Anchor Line postcard of Castalia (2).
 
 
 
 

California (2)
(1907-1917 - 8,662 gt)
 
1917 torpedoed and sunk in Atlantic; loss of 43 lives.
 
 
Official Anchor Line postcard of California (2).
 
 
 
 

Assyria (3) (1908 - 8,142 gt)
ex- Ypiranga (Hamburg America Line) war reparations, 1921 purchased from Ministry of Shipping renamed Assyria. 1929 sold to Cia Colonial, Lisbon renamed Colonial.
 

Elysia (2)
1908 - 6,757 gt) 1942 sunk by Japanese warships in Indian Ocean.
 

Anchoria (2) (1911 - 5,430 gt)
1912 sold to Brocklebank Line
 
 
 
 

Cameronia (1) (1911 - 10,963 gt)
 
Cameronia (1) was 1917 torpedoed and sunk in Mediterranean while trooping.
 
 
French postcard of Cameronia (1).
Scan: Geoffrey, Norway
 
 
 
 

Media (1911 - 5,437 gt)
1912 sold to Brocklebank Line
 

Tarantia (1) (1911 - 4,938 gt)
ex- Kirkfield, 1916 purchased from Kirkfield Shipping Co renamed Tarantia, 1937 sold to Greece renamed Leontios Teryazos.
 

Tiberia (1913 - 4,880 gt)
ex- Frimley, 1916 purchased renamed Tiberia, 1918 torpedoed and sunk off Belfast; no loss of life.
 

Algeria (2) (1914 - 8,156 gt)
ex- Kigoma (German East Africa Line) war reparations, 1921 purchased from Ministry of Shipping renamed Algeria, 1922 sold Hamburg America Line renamed Toledo.
 
 

Transylvania (1) (1914 - 14,315 gt)
1915 purchased from Cunard, 1917 torpedoed and sunk in Gulf of Genoa while trooping; loss of 414 lives.
 

Tuscania (1) (1915 - 14,348 gt)
1918 torpedoed and sunk off Ireland while trooping; loss of 166 lives.
 
 
 
 
 

Cameronia (2)
(1921-1951 - 16,365 gt)
 
1940 requisitioned as troopship, 1951 sold Ministry of Transport renamed Empire Clyde.
 
 
Anchor Line company card of Cameronia.
 
Anchor Line company card of Cameronia.
 
Anchor Line company card of Cameronia.
 
Anchor Line company card showing 1st Class interiors on Cameronia.
 
Anchor Line company card showing 2nd Class interiors on Cameronia.
 
Photographic postard of Cameronia.
 
Official card of Empire Clyde.
 
 
 
 

Tuscania (2)
(1922-1939 - 16,991 gt)
 
1939 sold to Greek Line, renamed Nea Hellas.
 
 
 
 
 

California (3)
(1923-1943 - 16,792 gt)
 
1943 set on fire by air attack off Oporto while trooping and torpedoed and sunk by escorting destroyer.
 
 
 
 
 

Caledonia (4)
(1925-1940 - 17,046 gt)
 
1939 converted to Armed Merchant Cruiser, renamed HMS Scotstoun, 1940 torpedoed and sunk off Inishtrahull.
 
 
Official Anchor Line postcard of Caledonia (4).
 
Photographic postcard of Caledonia (4).
 
 
 
 

Transylvania (2)
(1925-1940 - 16,923 gt)
 
1939 converted to Armed Merchant Cruise, 1940 torpedoed and sunk off Inishtrahull.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Britannia (3)
(1926-1941 - 8,799 gt)
 
1941 sunk by German surface raider Thor.
 
 
 
 
 

Cilicia
(1937-1965 - 11,136 gt)
 
1944 troopship, 1946 returned to owners, 1965 sold Holland for use as floating hostel renamed Jan Backx.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Circassia (3)
(1937-1966 - 11,170 gt)
 
1940 Armed Merchant Cruiser, 1942 troopship, 1943 Infantry Landing Ship, 1947 returned to owners, 1966 scrapped.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Empire Halladale
(1946-1956 - 13,589 gt)
 
ex- Antonio Delfino (Hamburg Sud), 1945 surrendered to Britain, 1946 renamed Empire Halladale, managed as troopship, 1956 scrapped.
 
Empire Halladale in service as a troopship.
 
 
 
 
 
Caledonia (5)
(1948-1965 - 11,252 gt)
1965 sold to Holland, became floating hostel.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Chartered ships - to be updated later.
 
 
 

Ausonia (1914 - 7,907 gt)
chartered from Cunard for 4 voyages 1914-1915.
 

Campania (1914 - 12,950 gt)
chartered from Cunard for 2 voyages
 

Pannonia (1914 - 9,851 gt)
chartered from Cunard for 4 voyages 1914-1915.
 
 
 

Saturnia (1921 - 8,611 gt)
chartered from Donaldson Line - 3 voyages 1921-1923.
 
 

Athenia (1923 - 13,465 gt)
chartered from Anchor-Donaldson Line - 15 voyages 1923-1932.
 
 
 

Letitia (1927 - 13,475 gt)
chartered from Anchor-Donaldson Line - 5 voyages 1927-1929.