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| caption        = P & O Ref: PH-01239-00
 
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| caption2      = State Library of Victoria
 
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| shipname = SS Essex
 
| shipname = SS Essex
| shipowner = Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London  
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| shipowner = P & O Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London  
 
| shipbuilder = John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
 
| shipbuilder = John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
 
| shipyardnumber = 354
 
| shipyardnumber = 354
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| shipfate = broken up
 
| shipfate = broken up
| shiptype = Passenger / Cargo Refrigerated
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| shiptype = Passenger / Cargo
 
| shiptonnage = 7,016 tons
 
| shiptonnage = 7,016 tons
| shiplength = 460.4 ft (140.33m)
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| shiplength = 460.4 ft (140.32m)
| shipbeam = 58.2 ft (17.74m)
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| shipbeam = 58.2 ft (17.73m)
| shipdepth = 31.2 ft (9.51m)
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| shipdepth = 31.2 ft (9.50m)
 
| shippropulsion = twin screw
 
| shippropulsion = twin screw
| shipspeed =
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| shipspeed = 13 knots (24.1 kmh)
| shipcapacity =
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| shipcapacity = 24 1st class; 200 3rd class
 
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Revision as of 21:34, 4 October 2023

SS Essex
SS Essex.jpg
P & O Ref: PH-01239-00
SS Essex 1.jpg
State Library of Victoria
History
Name SS Essex
Owner P & O Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London
Builder John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Yard number 354
Launched 1 Nov 1902
Completed 16 Dec 1902
In service 1903
Out of service 1932
Fate broken up
General characteristics
Type Passenger / Cargo
Tonnage 7,016 tons
Length 460.4 ft (140.32m)
Beam 58.2 ft (17.73m)
Depth 31.2 ft (9.50m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 13 knots (24.1 kmh)
Capacity 24 1st class; 200 3rd class



Remarks

Little is known about this ship other than she returned troops to Australia in 1919.

In 1927 she was sold to Compagnie Internationale de Commerce et d'Armement in Antwerp and renamed Van.

Soldiers carried

England to Fremantle 15 June 1919 - 16 July 1919