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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| SHROPSHIRE |
132607 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1911 |
27/04/1911 |
19/09/1911 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger / Cargo Refrigerated
| Steel Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank |
Clydebank |
400 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 11911 grt / 6586 nrt / |
526.4 ft |
61.4 ft |
33.3 ft |
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| Engine builder |
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank |
| Engine detail |
| 2XQ4cyl (25, 35.5, 51, 72 x 51in), 1264nhp, 2 screws, 14knots. |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London |
London |
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| Other names |
| 1923 ROTORUA |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
| 1936 New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd., Plymouth |
| Vessel history |
Her maiden voyage commenced on 28th October 1911 from Liverpool to Australia.
Served as a troopship in 1917. |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1940 |
Torpedoed 11/12/1940 |
| Disposal Detail |
Torpedoed by U.96 off St. Kilda, 58.56N - 11.20W with the loss of 21 lives, 104 were rescued.
Inward from Lyttelton via Halifax for Avonmouth. |
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Shropshire - Green Collection – State of Victori
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