Difference between revisions of "HMAT A10 Karoo"
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
Owned by Ellerman and Bucknall Steam Ship Company Ltd, of London. Leased by the Commonwealth until 3 Jan 1917. | Owned by Ellerman and Bucknall Steam Ship Company Ltd, of London. Leased by the Commonwealth until 3 Jan 1917. | ||
| − | Rernamed Khartoum in 1927 and | + | Rernamed Khartoum in 1927 and sold to Stephens, Sutton Ltd, Newcastle in 1936 Purchased under the UK Scrap & Rebuild scheme, she was broken up in Genoa during 1936. |
Ellerman Lines was a cargo and passenger shipping company that operated from the late nineteenth century and into the twentieth century. It continued to expand with the acquisition of smaller shipping lines until it became one of the largest shipping firms in the world. Setbacks occurred through heavy losses to their merchant fleet during the First and Second World Wars but were overcome in each case. | Ellerman Lines was a cargo and passenger shipping company that operated from the late nineteenth century and into the twentieth century. It continued to expand with the acquisition of smaller shipping lines until it became one of the largest shipping firms in the world. Setbacks occurred through heavy losses to their merchant fleet during the First and Second World Wars but were overcome in each case. | ||
Revision as of 20:36, 31 August 2017
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| Name | HMAT A10 Karroo |
| Builder/Built | 1913 Palmer's Ship Building & Iron Co Ltd |
| Type | Cargo/Passenger, single screw |
| Displacement | 6,127 tons |
| Speed | 12 knots |
Remarks
Owned by Ellerman and Bucknall Steam Ship Company Ltd, of London. Leased by the Commonwealth until 3 Jan 1917. Rernamed Khartoum in 1927 and sold to Stephens, Sutton Ltd, Newcastle in 1936 Purchased under the UK Scrap & Rebuild scheme, she was broken up in Genoa during 1936.
Ellerman Lines was a cargo and passenger shipping company that operated from the late nineteenth century and into the twentieth century. It continued to expand with the acquisition of smaller shipping lines until it became one of the largest shipping firms in the world. Setbacks occurred through heavy losses to their merchant fleet during the First and Second World Wars but were overcome in each case.
The company suffered from competition and modernising trends in the shipping industry that occurred during the second half of the twentieth century. Its shipping assets were subsequently sold off to larger companies until the name was dropped in 2004.