HMS Cheshire
UK passenger liner, armed merchant cruiser, and troopship / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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HMS Cheshire was a passenger ship that was built in Scotland in 1927 and scrapped in Wales in 1957. She belonged to Bibby Line, which ran passenger and cargo services between Rangoon in Burma (now Yangon in Myanmar) and various ports in Great Britain, via the Suez Canal and Gibraltar.[1] The Admiralty requisitioned her in 1939 and had her converted into an armed merchant cruiser (AMC). She was converted into a troopship in 1943, and returned to civilian service in 1948.
HMS Cheshire in war service | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Cheshire |
Namesake | Cheshire |
Owner | Bibby Line |
Operator | 1939: Admiralty |
Port of registry | 1927: Liverpool |
Route | Great Britain – Rangoon |
Builder | Fairfield S&E, Govan |
Yard number | 620 |
Launched | 20 April 1927 |
Completed | July 1927 |
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Fate | scrapped in Newport, 1957 |
General characteristics | |
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Tonnage | 10,560 GRT, 6,624 NRT |
Length | 483.6 ft (147.4 m) |
Beam | 60.3 ft (18.4 m) |
Draught | 29 ft 1+1⁄4 in (8.87 m) |
Depth | 31.8 ft (9.7 m) |
Decks | 3 |
Installed power | 2,196 NHP |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15+1⁄2 knots (28.7 km/h) |
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Notes | sister ships: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Derbyshire |
She was the second of five Bibby Line ships to be named after the English county of Cheshire. The first was a steamship that was built in 1891 and sold in 1911.[2] The third was a motor ship that was built in 1959 and sold in 1968.[3] The fourth was built in 1971 and sold in 1983. The fifth was built in 1989.[4]
The second Cheshire was the second of five sister ships that the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan in Glasgow built for Bibby Line. The first was Shropshire, which was built in 1926. They were followed by Staffordshire in 1929, Worcestershire in 1931, and Derbyshire in 1935.[5][6][7][8]