RMS Nova Scotia (1926)

RMS *Nova Scotia*
	RMS Nova Scotia
History
United Kingdom
Namesake	Nova Scotia, Canada
Owner	Johnston Warren Lines (1926–41) Ministry of War Transport (1941–42)
Operator	Furness, Withy & Co
Port of registry	Liverpool
Route	Liverpool – St John's, Newfoundland – Halifax, Nova Scotia – Boston, MA (1926–41)
Builder	Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Ltd
Yard number	623
Launched	May 1926
Out of service	28 November 1942
Identification	UK official number 147363; code letters KTWQ (until 1933); ; Call sign GJFY (from 1934); ;
Fate	Sunk by U-177, 28 November 1942
General characteristics
Type	Passenger ship;; Troop ship;
Tonnage	6,796 GRT; 3,841 NRT;
Length	406.1 ft (123.8 m) p/p
Beam	55.4 ft (16.9 m)
Draught	34 ft 4 in (10.46 m)
Depth	31.8 ft (9.7 m)
Installed power	1,047 NHP
Propulsion	quadruple expansion steam engine
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Crew	113 (1942)
Notes	sister ship: RMS Newfoundland

RMS Nova Scotia was a 6,796 GRT UK transatlantic ocean liner and Royal Mail Ship. In World War II she was requisitioned as a troopship. In 1942 a German submarine sank her in the Indian Ocean with the loss of 858 of the 1,052 people aboard.

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