Difference between revisions of "SS Cheshire"
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{{Infobox ship | {{Infobox ship | ||
| image = [[File:SS_Cheshire.jpg]] | | image = [[File:SS_Cheshire.jpg]] | ||
− | | caption = AWM | + | | caption = AWM Photo 123738 |
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| caption2 = | | caption2 = | ||
| 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 | ||
| shipspeed = | | shipspeed = | ||
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− | SS Cheshire carried the last group of Ex Prisoners of war to return from Singapore, arriving in Sydney on 23 Nov 1945. She was | + | SS Cheshire carried the last group of Ex Prisoners of war to return from Singapore, arriving in Sydney on 23 Nov 1945. She was present at the US-British nuclear bomb tests conducted at Christmas (Kiritimati or Kiribati) Island, a British colony in the Pacific during 1962. |
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== |
Latest revision as of 19:29, 7 October 2023
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 present at the US-British nuclear bomb tests conducted at Christmas (Kiritimati or Kiribati) Island, a British colony in the Pacific during 1962.