Actions

Difference between revisions of "SS Kashgar"

From Our Contribution

Line 1: Line 1:
{{Infobox
 
| name          = RMS Kashgar
 
| title          =
 
| above          =
 
| subheader      =
 
 
|  image        = [[File:RMS_Kashgar.jpg]]
 
| caption        = courtesy Old Ship Picture Galleries
 
|  image2      = [[File:RMS_Kashgar_1.jpg]]
 
| caption2      =
 
 
|headerstyle  = background:#ccf;
 
|labelstyle  =
 
|datastyle    =
 
 
| header1  = History
 
 
|  label2  = Name
 
|  data2  = RMS Kashgar
 
 
 
|  label3  = Builder/Built
 
|  data3  = 1914 Caird & Company, Greenock
 
 
|  label4  = Type
 
|  data4  = passenger / cargo twin screw
 
 
|  label5  = Displacement
 
|  data5  = 9,135 tons
 
 
|  label6  = Speed
 
|  data6  = 15 knots
 
 
| belowstyle    =
 
| below          =
 
}}
 
 
{{Infobox ship
 
{{Infobox ship
 
| image          = [[File:RMS_Kashgar.jpg]]
 
| image          = [[File:RMS_Kashgar.jpg]]
Line 55: Line 19:
 
| shiptype = passenger / cargo
 
| shiptype = passenger / cargo
 
| shiptonnage = 9,135 tons
 
| shiptonnage = 9,135 tons
| shiplength = 479.9 ft
+
| shiplength = 479.9 ft (146.27m)
| shipbeam = 58.2 ft  
+
| shipbeam = 58.2 ft (17.74m)
| shipdepth = 33.7 ft  
+
| shipdepth = 33.7 ft (10.27m)
 
| shippropulsion = twin screw
 
| shippropulsion = twin screw
 
| shipspeed = 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
 
| shipspeed = 15 knots (27.78 km/h)

Revision as of 19:36, 2 December 2021

SS Kashgar
RMS Kashgar.jpg
courtesy Old Ship Picture Galleries
RMS Kashgar 1.jpg
History
Name SS Kashgar
Owner Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Greenock
Builder Caird & Company, Greenock
Launched 3 Nov 1914
Completed 1915
In service 1915
Out of service 1932
Fate broken up 31 Mar 1932
General characteristics
Type passenger / cargo
Tonnage 9,135 tons
Length 479.9 ft (146.27m)
Beam 58.2 ft (17.74m)
Depth 33.7 ft (10.27m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 15 knots (27.78 km/h)



Remarks

Owned by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Sold to Japan in 1932 to be broken up.

Soldiers carried

Port Said to Plymouth 9 - 30 January 1918

Bombay to Singapore 9 - 18 November 1919