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Anchor Line
Page 3: 1915-1939
This page is one of a series to postcards and photographs of the Anchor Line.
An alphabetical list of ships
shown on this page is shown below. Below this is a
Fleet List
in chronological order.
Ships on This Page:-
Britannia (3)
(1926-1941 - 8,799 gt)
Caledonia (4)
(1925-1940 - 17,046 gt)
California (3)
(1923-1943 - 16,792 gt)
Cameronia (2)
(1921-1951 - 16,365 gt)
Cilicia
(1937-1965 - 11,136 gt)
Circassia (3)
(1937-1966 - 11,170 gt)
Transylvania (2)
(1925-1940 - 16,923 gt)
Tuscania (2)
(1922-1939 - 16,991 gt)
Anchor Line Pages:-
Anchor Line - Header Page
Anchor Line - Page 1
- 1852-1899
Anchor Line - Page 2
- 1900-1914
Anchor Line - Page 3
- 1915-1939
Anchor Line - Page 4
- 1940-1988
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Anchor Line
Page 3: 1915-1939
Tuscania (1)
(1915 - 14,348 gt)
1918 torpedoed and sunk off Ireland while trooping; loss of 166 lives.
Cameronia (2)
(1921-1953 - 16,365 gt)
1940 requisitioned as troopship, 1953 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)
California (3)
was built in 1920. In 1943 she was set on fire by an air attack off Oporto while trooping and was then torpedoed and sunk by an escorting destroyer.
Anchor Line postcard of
California (3)
.
Photographic postcard of
California (3)
.
Photographic postcard of
California (3)
.
Caledonia (4)
(1925-1940 - 17,046 gt)
Caledonia (4)
was built in 1925. In 1939 she was converted into an Armed Merchant Cruiser, and renamed
HMS Scotstoun
. In 1940 she was torpedoed and sunk off Inishtrahull.
Anchor Line postcard of
Caledonia (4)
.
Photographic 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)
Britannia (3)
was built in 1926. In 1941 she was sunk by German the surface raider
Thor
.
Anchor Line postcard of
Britannia (3).
Anchor Line postcard of
Britannia (3).
Photographic postcard of
Britannia (3).
Cilicia
(1937-1965 - 11,136 gt)
Cilicia
was built in 1937. In 1944 she became a troopship, returned to her owners in 1946. In 1965
Cilicia
was sold to Holland for use as floating hostel, and renamed
Jan Backx
.
Anchor Line postcard of
Cilicia.
Anchor Line postcard of
Cilicia.
Anchor Line postcard of
Cilicia.
Photographic postcard of
Cilicia.
Photographic postcard of
Cilicia.
Circassia (3)
(1937-1966 - 11,170 gt)
Circassia (3)
was built in 1937. In 1940 she became an Armed Merchant Cruiser, in 1942 a troopship, and in 1943 a Infantry Landing Ship. She was returned to her owners in 1947, and scrapped in 1966.
Anchor Line postcard of
Circassia (3).
Anchor Line postcard of
Circassia (3)
passing Gibraltar.