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Name	Launched // Comm.	Builder	Tonnage, BRT	Dimensions, m	Speed, kts	Machinery, Fuel, t	Armament (angle of elevation)	Fate
Alaunia F17	7.2.1925 // 10.1939	John Brown, Clydebank	14030	158.4(pp)x19.9x	15	2turbines, oil 1619	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	repair ship 12.1944
Alcantara F88	23.9.1926 // 12.1939	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	22209	192.2(pp)x23.9x	19	2diesels, oil 2680	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 6.1943
Andania	1.11.1921 // 11.1939	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	13950	158.6(pp)x19.9x	15	2turbines, oil 1847	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (14), 2 - 76/45	sunk 15.6.1940
Antenor F21	30.9.1924 // 1.1940	Palmers, Jarrow	11174	151.7(pp)x19.0	15	2turbines, oil 1170	6 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 10.1941
Antonia	11.3.1921 // 3.1941	Vickers, Barrow	13687	158.5(pp)x19.9x	15	2turbines, oil		repair ship 3.1942
Arawa F12	15.12.1921 // 10.1939	Beardmore, Dalmuir	14462	161.8(pp)x20.8x	15	2turbines, oil 1712	7 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 7.1941
Ascania F68	20.12.1923 // 10.1939	Armstrong, Elswick	14013	158.5(pp)x19.9x	15	2turbines, oil 2200	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 10.1942
Asturias F71	7.7.1925 // 10.1939	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	22048	192.2(pp)x23.9x	19	2diesels, oil 2710	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 4.1944
Aurania F28	6.2.1924 // 10.1939	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	13984	158.4(pp)x19.9x	15	2turbines, oil 1591	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	repair ship Artifex 10.1942
Ausonia F53	21.3.1921 // 10.1939	Armstrong, Elswick	13912	158.5(pp)x19.9x	15	2turbines, oil 1586	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (14), 2 - 76/45	repair ship 3.1942
Bulolo F82	31.5.1938 // 1.1940	Barclay Curle, Glasgow	6500	121.6(pp)x17.7x	15	2diesels, oil 624	7 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	LSH(L) 3.1942
California F55	17.4.1923 // 10.1939	A. Stephens, Linthouse	16792	168.5(pp)x21.5x	16	2turbines, oil 2713	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 4.1942
Canton F97	14.4.1938 // 9.1939	A. Stephens, Linthouse	15700	165.1(pp)x22.3x	19	2turbines, oil 1318	8 - 152/45 Mk XII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 4.1944
Carinthia	24.2.1925 // 10.1939	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow	20277	183.1(pp)x22.5x	16.2	2turbines, oil 2270	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	sunk 7.6.1940
Carnarvon Castle F25	14.1.1926 // 10.1939	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	20063	192.2(pp)x22.4x	18	2diesels, oil 1420	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 11.1943
Carthage F99	18.8.1931 // 9.1939	A. Stephens, Linthouse	14182	159.2(pp)x21.8x	18	2turbines, oil 1288	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 12.1943
Cathay F05	31.10.1924 // 10.1939	Barclay Curle, Glasgow	15225	159.6(pp)x21.4x	16	2VQE, oil 1340	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 2.1942
Cheshire F18	20.4.1927 // 10.1939	Fairfield, Govan	10520	147.4(pp)x18.4x	15	2diesels, oil 794	6 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 7.1943
Chitral F57	27.1.1925 // 10.1939	A. Stephens, Linthouse	15346	160.1(pp)x21.4x	16	2VQE, oil 1850	7 - 152/45 Mk XII (30), 3 - 102/45 MkV	troop transport 12.1943
Cilicia F54	21.10.1937 // 10.1939	Fairfield, Govan	11137	154.2x20.2x	16.5	2diesels, oil 1052	8 - 152/45 Mk XII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 2.1944
Circassia F91	8.6.1937 // 1.1940	Fairfield, Govan	11137	154.2x20.2x	16.5	2diesels, oil 1015	8 - 152/45 Mk XII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 3.1942
Comorin F49	31.10.1924 // 1.1940	Barclay Curle, Glasgow	15241	159.6(pp)x21.4x	16	2VQE, oil 1390	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	fire 6.4.1941
Corfu F86	20.5.1931 // 11.1939	A. Stephens, Linthouse	14170	159.2(pp)x21.8x	17	2turbines, oil 1380	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/40	troop transport 2.1944
Derbyshire F78	14.6.1935 // 12.1939	Fairfield, Govan	11650	147.1(pp)x20.2x	16	2diesels, oil 740	6 - 152/45 Mk XII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 2.1942
Dunnottar Castle F34	25.1.1936 // 10.1939	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	15007	164.6(pp)x21.9x	16	2diesels, oil 1372	7 - 152/45 Mk XII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 7.1942
Dunvegan Castle	26.3.1936 // 12.1939	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	15007	164.6(pp)x21.9x	16	2diesels, oil 1372	7 - 152/45 Mk XII (20), 2 - 76/40	sunk 28.8.1940
Esperance Bay F67	4.10.1921 // 11.1939	Vickers, Barrow	14204	161.7(pp)x20.8x	15	2turbines, oil 1701	7 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 11.1941
Forfar (ex-Montrose) F30	14.12.1920 /.11.1939	Fairfield, Govan	16402	167.2(pp)x21.4x	16	2turbines, oil 1728	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	sunk 2.12.1940
Hector F45	18.6.1924 // 1.1940	Scotts, Greenock	11198	152.0(pp)x19.0x	15	2turbines, oil 1180	6 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	sunk 5.4.1942
Jervis Bay F40	17.1.1922 // 10.1939	Vickers, Barrow	14164	161.7(pp)x20.8x	15	2turbines, oil 1859	7 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	sunk 5.11.1940
Kanimbla (1941- RAN) F23	12.12.1935 // 10.1939	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	10985	142.9(pp)x20.2x7.4	16.5	2diesels, oil 781	7 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	LSI(H) 6.1943
Laconia F42	9.4.1921 // 1.1940	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	19695	183.2(pp)x22.5x	16.5	2turbines, oil 1895	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (14), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 10.1941
Laurentic F51	16.6.1927 // 10.1939	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	18724	176.2(pp)x23.0x	16.5	3turbines, coal 3536	7 - 140/50 Mk I (25), 3 - 102/45 MkV	sunk 4.11.1940
Letitia F16	14.10.1924 // 10.1939	Fairfield, Govan	13475	160.2(pp)x20.2x	15	2turbines, oil 1760	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 6.1941
Maloja F26	19.4.1923 // 11.1939	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	20914	183.1(pp)x22.4x	16	2VQE, oil 2725	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 11.1941
Manoora (RAN) F48	24.10.1934 // 12.1939	A. Stephens, Linthouse	10856	146.9x20.2x7.4	16	2diesels, oil 704	7 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	LSI(H) 9.1942
Monowai (RNZN) F59	16.10.1924 // 10.1939	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	10852	158.2x19.3x7.9	19	2VQE, oil 1560	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 6.1943
Montclare F85	18.12.1921 // 10.1939	John Brown, Clydebank	16314	167.5(pp)x21.4x	17	2turbines, oil 1965	7 - 140/50 Mk I (25), 3 - 102/45 MkV	depot ship 6.1942
Mooltan F75	15.2.1923 // 10.1939	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	20952	183.1(pp)x22.4x	17	2VQE, oil 2876	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 1.1941
Moreton Bay F11	23.4.1921 // 8.1939	Vickers, Barrow	14193	161.7(pp)x20.8x	15	2turbines, oil 1701	7 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 9.1941
Patroclus	13.3.1923 // 1.1940	Scotts, Greenock	11314	152.0(pp)x19.0x	15	2turbines, coal 3073	6 - 152/45 Mk XII (20), 2 - 76/45	sunk 4.11.1940
Pretoria Castle F61	12.10.1938 // 11.1939	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	17160	173.9(pp)x23.3x	19.5	2diesels, oil 1332	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/40	CVE 8.1942
Queen of Bermuda F73	1.9.1932 // 10.1939	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow	22575	168.7(pp)x23.3x	20	4turbo-electric, oil 2300	7 - 152/45 Mk XII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 4.1943
Rajputana F35	6.8.1925 // 12.1939	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	16644	166.9(pp)x21.7x	17	2VQE, oil 2100	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	sunk 13.4.1941
Ranchi F15	24.1.1925 // 10.1939	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	16738	168.2(pp)x21.7x	18	2VQE, oil 1885	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 3.1943
Ranpura F93	13.9.1924 // 12.1939	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	16688	168.2(pp)x21.7x	17	2VQE, oil 2250	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	repair ship 5.1943
Rawalpindi	26.3.1926 // 9.1939	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	16697	166.9(pp)x21.7x	17	2VQE, oil 2100	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20)	sunk 23.11.1939
Rimutaka (ex-Mongolia)	24.8.1922 // 10.1939	Armstrong, Elswick	16575	168.1(pp)x21.9	16	2turbines, oil		returned 1939
Salopian (ex-Shropshire) F94	10.6.1926 // 10.1939	Fairfield, Govan	10515	147.4(pp)x18.4x	15	2diesels, oil 794	6 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	sunk 13.5.1941
Scotstoun (ex-Caledonia)	22.4.1925 // 10.1939	A. Stephens, Linthouse	17046	168.5(pp)x21.5x	16	2turbines, oil 2495	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	sunk 13.6.1940
Transylvania F56	11.3.1925 // 10.1939	Fairfield, Govan	16923	168.4(pp)x21.4x	16	2turbines, oil 2378	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	sunk 10.8.1940
Voltaire F47	14.8.1923 // 1.1940	Workman Clark, Belfast	13245	155.6(pp)x19.6x	14.5	2VQE, oil 1430	8 - 152/45 Mk VII (20)	sunk 4.4.1941
Westralia (RAN) F95	25.4.1929 // 1.1940	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	8108	136.6x18.4x6.9	15.5	2diesels, oil 879	7 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	LSI(H) 6.1943
Wolfe (ex-Montcalm) F37	3.7.1920 // 1.1940	John Brown, Clydebank	16418	167.5(pp)x21.4x	16.5	2turbines, oil 1728	7 - 152/45 Mk XII (20), 2 - 76/40	depot ship 11.1941
Worcestershire F29	8.10.1930 // 11.1939	Fairfield, Govan	11402	147.2(pp)x19.6x	15	2diesels, oil 696	6 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	troop transport 6.1943
Prince David (RCN) F89	12.2.1930 // 12.1940	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	6892	117.4x17.4x6.4	21.5	2turbines, oil 1470	4 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	LSI(M) 12.1943
Prince Henry (RCN) F70	17.1.1930 // 12.1940	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	6893	117.4x17.4x6.4	21.5	2turbines, oil 1470	4 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	LSI(M) 1.1944
Prince Robert (RCN) F56	3.4.1930 // 7.1940	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	6892	117.4x17.4x6.4	21.5	2turbines, oil 1470	4 - 152/45 Mk VII (20), 2 - 76/45	AA ship 6.1943

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Project history

At beginning of war Admiralty confiscated more than 50 passenger and passenger-cargo liners of the average sizes for using as auxiliary cruisers for patrol and escort services. The majority has become operational after short refit in late 1939 - early 1940. For increasing of damage tolerance tween deck space was filled with empty oil barrels. Efficiency of a similar measure illustrates that fact, that for sinking of Forfar, Salopian and Patroclus it was required 5, 6 and 7 torpedoes respectively.

In 1939 - 1941 AMCs lost 15 ships, then Admiralty have come to conclusion as usage of so large ships as AMC is erroneous, but in a role of troop transports they could bring much bigger advantage (interestingly, that less than a year after a beginning of war German submarine forces HQ had a similar deciding concerning value of British auxiliary cruisers as objects of attacks: from mid-1940 troop transports were considered by the German submariners as more important targets). Since 1941 the gradual conversion of AMCs to transports has begun. This process basically was completed in 1943 though a number of the ships served as AMCs, but they were used already absolutely on other assignment.

Modernizations 12.

1940, Alcantara; 5.1941, Ausonia; 6.1942, Monowai: - 2 x 1 - 152/45 Mk VII (200); + 2 x 1 - 152/45 Mk XII (300)

11/1941, Ranpura: - 4 x 1 - 152/45 Mk VII (200); + 4 x 1 - 152/45 Mk XII (300)

1941, Alcantara, Asturias, Canton, Pretoria Castle, Queen of Bermuda; 1943, Cilicia, Corfu: + 1 - 2 seaplanes, 1 catapult

1941 - 1942, Alcantara, Carnarvon Castle, Cheshire, Worcestershire: all guns were modified for heavy shell with super-charge

1941 - 1943, Alaunia, Canton, Cathay, Cilicia, Dunottar Castle, Queen of Bermuda, Worcestershire: + 2 x 1 - 40/39

6/1942, Carthage: - 8 x 1 - 152/45 Mk VII (200); + 8 x 1 - 152/45 Mk XII (300)

8/1942, Canton: + 1 x 1 - 152/45 Mk XII (200), 2 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, all 152mm guns were modified for super-charge

10/1942, Asturias: - 8 x 1 - 152/45 Mk VII (200); + 6 x 1 - 152/45 Mk XII (300)

1942 - 1943, all survived ships: + up to 10 - 20/70

1/1943, Corfu: - 8 x 1 - 152/45 Mk VII (200); + 9 x 1 - 152/45 Mk XII (300), 2 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI

Naval service

Andania was sunk by German submarine UA, Carinthia and Dunvegan Castle by U46, Forfar, Laurentic and Patroclus by U99, Rajputana by U108, Salopian by U98, Scotstoun by U25, Transylvania by U56. Hector was sunk by aircraft from Japanese carriers Hiryu, Shokaku and Zuikaku. Jervis Bay was sunk by German battleship Admiral Scheer, Rawalpindi by battlecruisers Scharnorst and Gneisenau and Voltaire by German commerce raider Thor.