SS Clan Campbell (1937)
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SS Clan Campbell was a British cargo steamship. She was built for Clan Line Steamers Ltd as one of its Cameron-class steamships. She was launched at Greenock in 1937, served in the Second World War and was sunk in the Mediterranean in 1942.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Clan Campbell |
Namesake | Clan Campbell |
Owner | Clan Line Steamers Ltd[1] |
Operator | Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd[1] |
Port of registry | Glasgow[1] |
Builder | Greenock Dockyard Co,[1] Scotland |
Yard number | 427[2] |
Launched | 14 January 1937[2] |
Completed | 1937[1] |
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Fate | Sunk by bombing, 23 March 1942[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Cameron-class cargo steamship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 463.7 feet (141.3 m)[1] p/p |
Beam | 63.0 feet (19.2 m)[1] |
Depth | 29.9 feet (9.1 m)[1] |
Installed power | 1,362 NHP[1] |
Propulsion | two 3-cylinder triple-expansion engines; two low-pressure exhaust steam turbines; twin screw[1] |
Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h)[2] |
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Armament | DEMS |
Notes | sister ships: Clan Buchanan, Clan Cameron, Clan Chattan, Clan Cumming, Clan Ferguson, Clan Forbes, Clan Fraser, Clan Lamont, Clan Menzies, HMS Engadine |
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