Circassia
1937
(Albatros AL-126)
- Type: Passenger/general cargo
- Displacement: 11,136 tons
- Dimensions: 506 x 66.5 x 27.5 ft.
- Machinery: Diesels, twin screw 14,000 BHP = 16 knots
- Passengers: 401 (321 first class, 80 steerage)
- Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland, 1937
- Service: Built for Anchor Line Glasgow-Liverpool-Bombay-Karachi service. Maiden voyage 23 Oct 1937. Commissioned Jan 1940 as an armed merchant cruiser, Feb 1942 as troopship, and 1943 as infantry landing ship (large). Returned to commercial service in August 1947. In January 1966 she left Liverpool on Anchor Line's final passenger voyage to Bombay, a service which had been inaugurated 110 years previously. In April she arrived at Alicante, Spain, to be broken up. Sistership Cilicia also served as AMC and troopship during war.
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