SS Cheshire
From Our Contribution
 AWM Photo 123738 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS Cheshire |
| Owner | Bibby S.S. Co. Ltd. - Bibby Bros. & Co., Liverpool |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan |
| Yard number | 620 |
| Launched | 20 Apr 1927 |
| Completed | July 1927 |
| In service | 1927 |
| Out of service | 1957 |
| Fate | broken up 11 Jul 1957 in Newport |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger/Cargo |
| Tonnage | 10,552 tons |
| Length | 483.6 ft (147.4m) |
| Beam | 60.3 ft (18.38m) |
| Depth | 31.8 ft (9.69m) |
| Propulsion | Twin Screw |
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.