SS City of Exeter
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| History | |
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| Name |
SS City of Exeter |
| Builder/Built | 1914 Workman Clarke & Co Belfast |
| Type | SS Troopship |
| Displacement | 9,447 tons |
| Speed | unknown |
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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 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | tropship |
| Tonnage | 9,373 tons |
| Length | 486.7 ft |
| Beam | 58.9 ft |
| Depth | 32.6 ft |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
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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. Photo shows the ship arriving in Fremantle in August 1919.