RMS Andania was a Cunard ocean liner built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Greenock.

[2] Her sister ships were Alaunia and Aurania which were almost identical and "cater(ed) only for second and third class passengers.

"[2] The Andania made her maiden voyage on 14 July 1913 from Liverpool via Southampton to Quebec and Montreal.

[3] In late December 1915 she took the 13th and 14th York and Lancaster Regiment (Barnsley Pals) from Plymouth to Port Said in Egypt, to defend the Suez Canal.

Andania left Liverpool on 26 January 1918 with 40 passengers and a crew of about 200. she was part of a convoy of seven ships.