SS Cambridge (1916)
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SS Cambridge was a refrigerated steam cargo liner that was built in Germany for the Hamburg America Line. She was launched in 1916 as Vogtland, but after the 1919 Treaty of Versailles the United Kingdom took her as war reparations and sold her to the Federal Steam Navigation Company, who renamed her Cambridge. She operated between Britain and Australasia until 1940, when a German mine sank her off the coast of Australia.
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Namesake | |
Owner | Federal Steam Navigation Co |
Operator | Federal Steam Navigation Co |
Port of registry | 1919: London |
Route | Britain – Australia / New Zealand |
Builder | Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde |
Yard number | 271 |
Launched | 9 December 1916 |
Completed | 1919 |
In service | 27 November 1919 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk by mine, 7 November 1940 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Displacement | 7,933 tons |
Length | 524.5 ft (159.9 m) |
Beam | 65.7 ft (20.0 m) |
Draught | 29 ft 11 in (9.12 m) |
Depth | 37.3 ft (11.4 m) |
Installed power | 1,106 NHP, 3,475 ihp |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Capacity | 418,747 cu ft (11,858 m3) refrigerated cargo |
Complement | 56 |
Sensors and processing systems | wireless direction finding |
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