SS Cap Verde
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| History | |
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| Name | SS Cap Verde |
| Builder | Flensberg Shipbuilding Co. |
| Launched | 1900 |
| Completed | 1900 |
| In service | August 1900 |
| Out of service | 1965 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo/passenger |
| Tonnage | 5,909 tons |
| Length | 129.54 m |
| Beam | 14.72 m |
| Depth | 8.87 m |
| Propulsion | single screw |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.30 km/h) |
| Capacity | 84 crew, 1900 passengers |
Remarks
Maiden voyage was from Hamburg to Buenos Aires and she continued on this route until 1914. During the period 1914 - 1918 the ship remained laid up in Hamburg. In Mar 1921 she was delivered to the United Kingdom as part of the reparation provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
On 20 May 1922, the Hamburg-Süd bought back their old ship and renamed it "Madeira". In 1925 she was sold to a Brazilian shipping company who named her "Raul Soares". She then served in the mixed cargo and passenger service along the Brazilian coast until after the Second World War. In addition, she also carried out special trips for various tour operators, which lasted up to 60 days.
The last use of the ship took place in 1964, when the ship served as a floating prison during the Brazilian military dictatorship for seven months. On the now very old ship, political prisoners were held under unworthy conditions. She was scrapped in Rio de Janeiro in during 1965.
Soldiers carried
England to Fremantle 8 January - 16 February 1920
- Charles Henry Partridge
- Theodore (Cecil) Charles Turner boarded on 5 Jan 1920