 HMS Mantua under way
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Mantua |
| Owner | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company |
| Builder | Caird & Company |
| Yard number | 316 |
| Launched | 10 February 1909 |
| Completed | 15 April 1909 |
| In service | 1914 |
| Out of service | 1920 |
| Refit | 1914 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1935 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Armed merchant cruiser |
| Tonnage | 10,885 grt |
| Length | 540 feet (165 metres) |
| Beam | 61.3 feet |
| Depth | 24.6 feet |
| Propulsion | 2 x 4 cylinder screws 2 sails |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Crew | 364 |
| Armament | 8 x 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns 2x 6 pounder (57 mm) guns |
HMS Mantua was a 20th-century ocean liner and armed merchant cruiser. Launched in 1909 as a passenger ship, Mantua was outfitted as an armed merchant cruiser in 1914 and served with the Royal Navy during World War I.[1] On a voyage to Freetown in 1918, the passengers and crew of Mantua inadvertently spread the 1918 flu pandemic to Africa.[2][3][4]
- ^ "HMS Mantua, armed merchant cruiser – British warships of World War 1". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Crosby, Alfred W. (21 July 2003). America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521541756.