| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Armed Merchant Cruiser |
| Class | [No specific 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. |
Commands listed for HMS Asturias (F 71)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. (retired) Cland Finlinson Allsup, DSO, RN | 4 Sep 1939 | 25 Nov 1939 |
| 2 | Capt. John Robert Sutherland Haines, RN | 25 Nov 1939 | 24 Oct 1940 |
| 3 | Capt. (retired) Hubert Ardill, RN | 24 Oct 1940 | Feb 1943 |
| 4 | Capt. Richard Meuric Southern, RN | Feb 1943 | 28 Apr 1943 |
| 5 | Capt. (retired) Sir John Meynell Alleyne, DSO, DSC, RN | 28 Apr 1943 |
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Noteable events involving Asturias include:
18 Jan 1941
HMS Asturias (Capt. H. Ardill (retired), RN)
while patrolling north-east of Puerto Rico, intercepts and captures the Vichy-french freighter Mendoza (8199 GRT).