SS Athenia

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ocean liner
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkbp:casualties more than 140
112 deaths
gptkbp:celebrates various_memorials_in_Canada_and_UK
gptkbp:class 200
300
700
gptkbp:crew 1935
gptkbp:crewCapacity 400
gptkbp:culturalImpact inspired literature and documentaries
gptkbp:currentLocation off_the_coast_of_Ireland
gptkbp:deathPlace underwater wreck site.
gptkbp:defeated early morning
September 3, 1939
torpedoed_by_U-30
gptkbp:displacement 12,000 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk by a U-boat
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1923
September 1939
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity 10
gptkbp:historicalSignificance early_victim_of_WWII_maritime_warfare
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Montreal
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SS Athenia
gptkbp:lastProduced gptkb:Glasgow
September 1, 1939
gptkbp:launchDate 1922
gptkbp:length 550 feet
gptkbp:missions conducted_by_Royal_Navy
gptkbp:notableArtists gptkb:Sir_John_A._Macdonald
gptkbp:notableEvent first British ship sunk in World War II
gptkbp:owner gptkb:Canadian_National_Railway
gptkb:British_Ministry_of_War_Transport
gptkbp:passengerCapacity 1,200
general cargo
primarily_British_and_Canadian
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbine
gptkbp:route Transatlantic
passenger and cargo
gptkbp:services 1922-1939
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:SS_Athenia_II
gptkbp:speed 18 knots
gptkbp:torpedoSystem 20
gptkbp:type passenger ship
gptkbp:width 70 feet