| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Armed Merchant Cruiser |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | F 05 |
| Built by | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 31 Oct 1924 |
| Commissioned | 11 Oct 1939 |
| End service | 5 Feb 1942 |
| Loss position | |
| History | On 25 August 1939 the passenger ship Cathay of the P. & O. Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an armed merchant cruiser. Conversion was completdc on 11 October 1939 Displacement: 15225 BRT Career: On 5 February 1942 returned and used as troopship by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). On 11 November 1942 bombed and damaged during Operation Torch (the landings in North Africa) by German aircraft at Bougie. The next day, a delayed bomb exploded and blew the stern off, causing the ship to sink in 36°44´35N, 05°06´41E. One dead and 284 survivors. |
Commands listed for HMS Cathay (F 05)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. (retired) Bertram William Lothian Nicholson, DSO, RN | 30 Aug 1939 | mid 1940 |
| 2 | A/Capt. (retired) Christopher McCabe Merewether, RN | mid 1940 |
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