HMT Knight Templar
From Our Contribution
| label3 = Builder/Built | data3 = 1905, Chales Connell & Co Scotstoun
| label4 = Type | data4 = cargo vessel
| label5 = Displacement | data5 = 7,175 tons
| label6 = Speed | data6 = 11.5 knots
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 naval-history.net | |
 Knight Templar in Wellington | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMT Knight Templar - NZ National Library 1/2-014835-G |
| Builder | Chales Connell & Co Scotstoun |
| Launched | 1905 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | cargo vessel |
| Tonnage | 7,175 tons |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.30 km/h) |
Remarks
Owned by Knight Steamship Co, she was sold in 1917 to the Ocean Steamship Company. While a hired transport vessel early in the war, she was converted into a armed escort ship from 27 May 1917 until 5 Feb 1919 when she operated between England and the USA with convoys. Scrapped in 1954.