| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Armed Merchant Cruiser |
| Class | |
| Pennant | F 71 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Island) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 7 Jul, 1925 |
| Commissioned | Oct, 1939 |
| End service | 25 Jul, 1943 |
| Loss position | |
| History | On 28 August 1939 the passenger ship Asturias of the Royal Mail Lines Ltd, London was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an armed merchant cruiser. Conversion was completed on 28 September 1939
Displacement: 22048 BRT Career: On 25 July 1943 torpedoed and badly damaged by the Italian submarine Ammiraglio Cagni (Roselli-Lorenzini) in position 06°52'N, 20°45'W, towed to Freetown and laid up. On 30 May 1944 handed over to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and towed to Belfast for rebuild as troop transport. 1957 scrapped. |
| Noteable events involving Asturias include: 18 Jan, 1941 |