SS Anselm (1935)
British turbine steamship sunk during World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Anselm was a British turbine steamship of the Booth Steamship Company. She was built as a cargo and passenger liner in 1935 and requisitioned and converted into a troop ship in 1940. A German submarine sank her in 1941, killing 254 of those aboard.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Anselm |
Namesake | Anselm of Canterbury |
Owner | Booth Steamship Co |
Operator | Booth Steamship Co |
Port of registry | Liverpool[1] |
Route | Liverpool – Brazil |
Builder | Wm Denny & Bros, Dumbarton |
Cost | £158,876[2] |
Yard number | 1276[3] |
Launched | 15 October 1935[2][3] |
Completed | 17 December 1935[2] |
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Fate | Sunk by torpedo, 5 July 1941[4] |
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Tonnage | 5,954 GRT, 3,601 NRT[1] |
Length | 412.3 ft (125.7 m)[1] |
Beam | 55.7 ft (17.0 m)[1] |
Draught | 25 ft 6+3⁄4 in (7.79 m)[1] |
Depth | 25.8 ft (7.9 m)[1] |
Installed power | 696 NHP[1] |
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Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h)[2][3] |
Boats & landing craft carried | at least 6 lifeboats |
Capacity | |
Crew | 80[2] |
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Armament | DEMS |
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