HMS Alcantara can refer to either of two ocean liners which were used by the British Royal Navy (RN) in wartime, adopting the prefix "HMS" while in RN service:
- RMS Alcantara (1913) - launched in 1913 and sunk in combat during World War I with SMS Greif in 1916.
- RMS Alcantara (1926) - launched in 1926 and served as an armed merchant cruiser and troopship during World War II. Scrapped in 1958.
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HMS Alcantara can refer to either of two ocean liners which were used by the British Royal Navy (RN) in wartime, adopting the prefix "HMS" while in RN service:
- RMS Alcantara (1913) - launched in 1913 and sunk in combat during World War I with SMS Greif in 1916.
- RMS Alcantara (1926) - launched in 1926 and served as an armed merchant cruiser and troopship during World War II. Scrapped in 1958.
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.