SS City of Adelaide (1916)
City of Adelaide was a steam cargo ship built in 1916-1917 by the William Gray & Company of West Hartlepool for Ellerman Lines of Liverpool.[2] The ship served in World War I and was torpedoed at 12.10am on Sunday 11 August 1918. Her position was 3623n 1533e and the sinking took place five days after leaving Port Said for Liverpool in a convoy of 20 ships. The crew was saved.[3]
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| Name: | City of Adelaide |
| Namesake: | Adelaide |
| Owner: | Ellerman Lines |
| Builder: | William Gray & Co., West Hartlepool |
| Yard number: | 869 |
| Launched: | 26 October 1916 |
| Commissioned: | April 1917 |
| Homeport: | Liverpool |
| Identification: |
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| Fate: | Sunk, 11 August 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Tonnage: | |
| Length: | 475 ft 0 in (144.78 m) |
| Beam: | 58 ft 2 in (17.73 m) |
| Depth: | 31 ft 7 in (9.63 m) |
| Installed power: | 758 Nhp[1] |
| Propulsion: | Central Marine Engineering Works 4-cylinder quadruple expansion |
| Speed: | 12.0 knots (13.8 mph; 22.2 km/h) |
References
- Lloyd's Register, Steamships and Motorships. London: Lloyd's Register. 1918–1919.CS1 maint: date format (link)
- "The Fleets". www.theshipslist.com. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- Diary of Wireless Officer Harry A. Woodyer who was in the commodore ship for this convoy, SS Cyclops
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