Difference between revisions of "SS Cheshire"
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| image = [[File:SS_Cheshire.jpg]] | | image = [[File:SS_Cheshire.jpg]] | ||
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| shipname = SS Cheshire | | shipname = SS Cheshire | ||
| shipowner = Bibby S.S. Co. Ltd. - Bibby Bros. & Co., Liverpool | | shipowner = Bibby S.S. Co. Ltd. - Bibby Bros. & Co., Liverpool | ||
− | | shipbuilder = | + | | shipbuilder = Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan |
| shipyardnumber = 620 | | shipyardnumber = 620 | ||
| shiplaunched = 20 Apr 1927 | | shiplaunched = 20 Apr 1927 | ||
− | | shipcompleted = July 1927 | + | | shipcompleted = July 1927 |
| shipinservice = 1927 | | shipinservice = 1927 | ||
| shipoutofservice = 1957 | | shipoutofservice = 1957 | ||
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| shiptype = Passenger/Cargo | | shiptype = Passenger/Cargo | ||
| shiptonnage = 10,552 tons | | shiptonnage = 10,552 tons | ||
− | | shiplength = 483.6 ft | + | | shiplength = 483.6 ft (147.4m) |
− | | shipbeam =60.3 ft | + | | shipbeam =60.3 ft (18.38m) |
− | | shipdepth =31.8 ft | + | | shipdepth =31.8 ft (9.69m) |
| shippropulsion = Twin Screw | | shippropulsion = Twin Screw | ||
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Revision as of 20:30, 14 November 2022
Remarks
Used by the Bibby Line on the Far East service . Requisitioned by the Admiralty in September 1939 to act as an Armed merchant Cruiser until July 1943 after which she was used as a troopship.
SS Cheshire carried the last group of Ex Prisoners of war to return from Singapore, arriving in Sydney on 23 Nov 1945. She was also present at the nuclear bomb test at Christmas Island in the Pacific.