Difference between revisions of "SS City of Exeter"
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{{Infobox ship | {{Infobox ship | ||
| image = [[File:SS_City_of_Exeter.jpg]] | | image = [[File:SS_City_of_Exeter.jpg]] | ||
| − | | caption = | + | | caption = Fremantle August 1919 |
| image2 = [[File:SS_City_of_Exeter_3.jpg]] | | image2 = [[File:SS_City_of_Exeter_3.jpg]] | ||
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| shipcompleted = | | shipcompleted = | ||
| shipinservice = | | shipinservice = | ||
| − | | shipoutofservice = | + | | shipoutofservice = 1950 |
| shipinservice2 = | | shipinservice2 = | ||
| shipoutofservice2 = | | shipoutofservice2 = | ||
| shipreclassified = | | shipreclassified = | ||
| shipID = | | shipID = | ||
| − | | shipfate = | + | | shipfate = Scrapped |
| shiptype = tropship | | shiptype = tropship | ||
| − | | shiptonnage = 9, | + | | shiptonnage = 9,447 tons |
| shiplength = 486.7 ft | | shiplength = 486.7 ft | ||
| shipbeam = 58.9 ft | | shipbeam = 58.9 ft | ||
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
| − | Built for the Ellerman Lines and used as a troopship in 1914 and 1915, and again at the end of the war to return soldiers to Australia. | + | Built for the Ellerman Lines and used as a troopship in 1914 and 1915, and again at the end of the war to return soldiers to Australia. She survived WW2 before being scrapped in 1950, see=mingly under one ownership for all that time. The Ellerman Lines services two main routes: |
| − | + | * Glasgow - Liverpool - Port Said - Suez - Bombay - Karachi - Kathiawar ports - East & South Africa - Continent - UK ports - Glasgow. | |
| + | * Glasgow - Suez - Aden - Vizagapatam - Chalna - Calcutta - Colombo - UK and Continental ports. | ||
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==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
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==England to Fremantle 12 July - 16 August 1919== | ==England to Fremantle 12 July - 16 August 1919== | ||
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*[[Rolf Montgomery Allom]] | *[[Rolf Montgomery Allom]] | ||
*[[Harry Douglas Butcher]] | *[[Harry Douglas Butcher]] | ||
Revision as of 12:07, 23 November 2021
 Fremantle August 1919 | |
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| History | |
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| Name | SS City of Exeter |
| Owner | Ellerman Lines Ltd. (City Line Ltd. Mgr) |
| Builder | Workman Clarke & Co Ltd., Belfast |
| Launched | 1914 |
| Out of service | 1950 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | tropship |
| Tonnage | 9,447 tons |
| Length | 486.7 ft |
| Beam | 58.9 ft |
| Depth | 32.6 ft |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
Contents
Remarks
Built for the Ellerman Lines and used as a troopship in 1914 and 1915, and again at the end of the war to return soldiers to Australia. She survived WW2 before being scrapped in 1950, see=mingly under one ownership for all that time. The Ellerman Lines services two main routes:
- Glasgow - Liverpool - Port Said - Suez - Bombay - Karachi - Kathiawar ports - East & South Africa - Continent - UK ports - Glasgow.
- Glasgow - Suez - Aden - Vizagapatam - Chalna - Calcutta - Colombo - UK and Continental ports.