SS Clan Fraser (1938)
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SS Clan Fraser was a British cargo steamship. She served in the Second World War and was bombed and sunk in Greece in 1941.
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Clan Fraser | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Clan Fraser |
Owner | Clan Line Steamers Ltd, London[1] |
Operator | Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd, London[1] |
Port of registry | Glasgow[1] |
Builder | Greenock Dockyard Co., Greenock[1] |
Yard number | 435[2] |
Launched | 20 December 1938[2] |
Completed | February 1939[1] |
Identification |
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Fate | bombed and sunk, 6 April 1941[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Cameron-class steamship |
Tonnage | 7,529 GRT, 3,524 NRT[1] |
Length | 463.7 feet (141.3 m)[1] registered length |
Beam | 63.0 feet (19.2 m)[1] |
Draught | 28 feet 4+1⁄4 inches (8.64 m)[1] |
Depth | 29.9 feet (9.1 m)[1] |
Installed power | 1,370 NHP[1] |
Propulsion | 2 × steam triple expansion engines; 2 × low pressure exhaust turbines; twin screw[1] |
Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h)[2] |
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This was the third of four Clan Line ships called Clan Fraser. The first was a steamship built in 1878, sold in 1899 and wrecked in 1902.[3] The second was a steamship built in 1900, sold in 1919 and lost in 1920.[4] The fourth was a motor ship built in 1961, sold in 1965, burnt out in 1979 and scrapped in 1980.[5]