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Revision as of 13:23, 18 December 2021

SS Somali
SS Somali 2.jpg
SS Somali 1.jpg
Somali as a Hospital ship
History
Name SS Somali
Owner Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Greenock
Builder Caird & Company, Greenock
Yard number 298
Launched 17 May 1901
Completed 17 Jun 1901
In service 1901
Out of service 1923
Fate scrapped 1924
General characteristics
Type Passenger / Cargo
Tonnage 6,780 tons
Length 450.3 ft (137.25m)
Beam 52.4 ft (15.97m)
Depth 30.5 ft (9.30m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 14 knots (25.93 km/h)



Remarks

Owner was the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

Scrapped in 1923.

Soldiers carried

Malta to England 20 - 27 August 1915

England to Fremantle 26 December 1918 - 21 January 1919

Southampton to Fremantle 1 June - 8 July 1919

Boarded 1 June, sailed 5 June 1919