RMS Alcantara (1913)

RMS Alcantara
History
United Kingdom
Name	RMS Alcantara (1914–15) HMS Alcantara (1915–16)
Owner	Royal Mail Steam Packet Co
Operator	Royal Navy (1915–16)
Port of registry	Belfast
Route	Southampton – Rio de Janeiro – Montevideo – Buenos Aires
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Govan
Yard number	435G
Launched	30 October 1913
Completed	28 May 1914
Commissioned	16 April 1915
Maiden voyage	19 June 1914
Identification	UK official number 132050 Code letters JFPR Pennant number M 94
Fate	Sunk 29 February 1916
General characteristics
Class and type	A-series
Type	Ocean liner (1914–15) Armed merchant cruiser (1915–16)
Tonnage	15,831 GRT
Length	570 feet (170 m)
Beam	67.2 feet (20.5 m)
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion engines 1 × low-pressure steam turbine 3 × screw propellers
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h)[1]
Armament	8 × 6-inch guns 2 × 6-pounder guns
Notes	sister ships: Arlanza, Andes, Almanzora

RMS Alcantara was an ocean liner which entered service just weeks before the start of World War I, was converted to an armed merchant cruiser in 1915, and was sunk in combat with the German armed merchant cruiser SMS Greif in the Action of 29 February 1916.