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Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Armed Merchant Cruiser
Class
Pennant	F 35
Built by	Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Greenock, Scotland)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	6 Aug, 1925
Commissioned	16 Dec, 1939
Lost	13 Apr, 1941
Loss position	64.50N, 27.25W (See a map)

History	On 4 September 1939 the passenger ship Rajputana of the P. & O. Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London was requisitioned by the Admiralty. She was converted to an armed merchant cruiser and commissioned as such on 16 December 1939. Displacement: 16644 BRT Armament: 8x 152mm, 2x 76mm Speed: 17 knots Career: December 39 - April 40: America and West Indies Station May 40: Bermuda Convoy Escort Force June 40 - April 41: Bermuda and Halifax Escort Force April 41: North Atlantic Escort Force HMS Rajputana (Capt. Frederick Henry Taylor, DSC, (retired), RN) was torpedoed and sunk on 13 April 1941 by the German submarine U-108 west of Reykjavik, Iceland in position 64º50'N, 27º25'W. 283 survivors were picked up by the British destroyer HMS Legion and landed at Reykjavik. 40 of her crew went down with the ship. Commanding Officer: Capt. Frederick Henry Taylor, DSC, (retired), RN 2 October 1939 - 13 April 1941 Hit by U-boat Sunk on 13 Apr, 1941 by U-108 (Scholtz).

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