SS Bury Hill
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SS Bury Hill was a cargo ship built in England during the First World War as Cardigan, later becoming Pensylvanie of Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). In 1934 she returned to the British register as Bury Hill but was wrecked on the coast of Senegal in 1936.
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Name | Cardigan[1] |
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Yard number | 653[2] |
Launched | 16 August 1917[2] |
Completed | October 1917[2][3] |
Identification | UK Official Number 139622[1][4] |
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Name | Pensylvanie[1][3][5] |
Namesake | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, USA |
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Route | France-North America[3] |
Launched | October 1917[6] |
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Name | Bury Hill[3][5] |
Namesake | Bury Hill, Hampshire, England |
Owner | Sussex Steamship Co Ltd[2][3][5] |
Operator | Counties Ship Management Ltd, London[2][3][5] |
Port of registry | London[4] |
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Fate | ran aground 7 December 1936[1][5] |
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Type | cargo ship[1][3] |
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Length | 400.0 ft (121.9 m)[4][5][6] |
Beam | 52.0 ft (15.8 m)[4][5][6] |
Draught | 24 ft 3 in (7.39 m) laden[1][6] |
Depth | 24.3 ft (7.4 m)[4][6] |
Installed power | 425 NHP,[6] 2,600 IHP |
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Speed | 10 knots[citation needed] |
Crew | 31[1] |
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