SS City of Exeter
From Our Contribution
 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 - cargo / passenger |
| Tonnage | 9,447 tons |
| Length | 486.7 ft (148.31m) |
| Beam | 58.9 ft (17.91m) |
| Depth | 32.6 ft (9.91m) |
| 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. She survived WW2 before being scrapped in 1950, seemingly under one ownership for all that time. The Ellerman Lines serviced 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.
The City of Exeter struck a mine in the Indian Ocean, about 400 miles (667 km) from Bombay. Number 1 hold filled at once, and the master gave orders for the passengers and crew to leave the ship. Then the master and chief engineer returned and, at grave risk, made a thorough examination of the ship. They decided that, with the exercise of the greatest care, the crippled vessel could reach Bombay under her own steam. The passengers reembarked and the vessel safely arrived in port