SS Kashgar
courtesy Old Ship Picture Galleries |
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History |
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Name |
SS Kashgar |
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Owner |
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Greenock |
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Builder |
Caird & Company, Greenock |
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Yard number |
328 |
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Launched |
3 Nov 1914 |
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Completed |
1915 |
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In service |
1915 |
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Out of service |
1932 |
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Fate |
broken up 31 Mar 1932 |
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General characteristics |
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Type |
passenger / cargo |
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Tonnage |
9,135 tons |
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Length |
479.9 ft (146.27m) |
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Beam |
58.2 ft (17.74m) |
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Depth |
33.7 ft (10.27m) |
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Propulsion |
twin screw |
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Speed |
15 knots (27.78 km/h) |
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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