SS Lancashire
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| Name | SS Lancashire |
| Builder/Built | 1917 Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Type | passenger ship |
| Displacement | 9,543 tons |
| Speed | 15 knots |
Remarks
Built for the Bibby Line and immediately requisitioned. Released to the Bibby Line in 1920 and refitted for normal passenger use. Converted in 1930 to a permanent troopship. During WW2 was used as a command ship at Juno Beach D-Day landings, assisted with the repatriation of sick ex POWs from Hong Kong , before being scrapped at Barrow in 1956.