SS City of Paris
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| History | |
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| Name | SS City of Paris |
| Builder/Built | 1922 Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend< Sunderland |
| Type | Passenger ship |
| Displacement | 10,902 tons |
Remarks
Built for the Ellerman Lines, on 17 Oct 1933 she ran aground in the Mediterranean, but was refloated the next day. On 13 Sep 1939 she struck a mine laid by German Submarine U-13 and was damaged, with one person killed. However, she was towed by two tugs to Tilbury for repairs which took a month. Soon after she was requisitioned to act as a troopship.
In early February 1942 she carried the 2/14th Battalion from Bombay to Adelaide, arriving there on 24 March. Converted into a personnel ship in 1944 she was used as an accommodation ship from Sep 1945 until 1946 after which she was briefly used as a troopship again before returning to Ellerman Line management. Returned to commercials service in 1947, she was scrapped in 1956