SS City of Exeter
From Our Contribution
 Fremantle August 1919 | |
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS City of Exeter |
| Owner | Ellerman Lines Ltd. (City Line Ltd. Mgr) |
| Builder | Workman Clarke & Co Ltd., Belfast |
| Launched | 1914 |
| Out of service | 1950 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | tropship - cargo / passenger |
| Tonnage | 9,447 tons |
| Length | 486.7 ft (148.31m) |
| Beam | 58.9 ft (17.91m) |
| Depth | 32.6 ft (9.91m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
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Remarks
Built for the Ellerman Lines and used as a troopship in 1914 and 1915, and again at the end of the war to return soldiers to Australia. She survived WW2 before being scrapped in 1950, see=mingly under one ownership for all that time. The Ellerman Lines services two main routes:
- Glasgow - Liverpool - Port Said - Suez - Bombay - Karachi - Kathiawar ports - East & South Africa - Continent - UK ports - Glasgow.
- Glasgow - Suez - Aden - Vizagapatam - Chalna - Calcutta - Colombo - UK and Continental ports.