SS California (1923)

California passing the Statue of Liberty, New York, 1925
History
United Kingdom
Name	California
Namesake	California
Owner	Anchor Line
Port of registry	Glasgow
Route	Glasgow – New York
Builder	Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow
Yard number	494[1]
Launched	17 April 1923[1]
Fate	Acquired by the Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Name	HMS California
Operator	Royal Navy
In service	1939
Identification	Official number: 1147871[2]
Fate	Crippled by German air attack 11 July 1943; sunk the next day by the Royal Navy
General characteristics
Tonnage	16,792 GRT,[1] 9,930 NRT
Length	553.0 ft (168.6 m)
Beam	70.4 ft (21.5 m)
Depth	33.8 ft (10.3 m)
Propulsion	6 steam turbines; twin screw
Speed	16 kn (30 km/h)[2]
Armament	DEMS

SS California was a British 16,792 GRT steam turbine ocean liner built in Glasgow in 1923 for the Anchor Line. She was a sister ship of Cameronia, Tyrrhenia, Tuscania, Transylvania and Caledonia. In 1939 the Royal Navy requisitioned her. She was bombed and abandoned along with the Duchess of York west of Spain by a Luftwaffe attack in July 1943.