SS Scoresby
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SS Scoresby was a British cargo steamship that was built in 1923, sailed in a number of transatlantic convoys in 1940, and was sunk by a U-boat that October.
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Scoresby | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Scoresby |
Owner | Rowland & Marwood's SS Co, Ltd[1] |
Operator | Headlam & Son[1] |
Port of registry | Whitby[1] |
Builder | Robert Thompson & Sons Ltd, Bridge Dockyard, Sunderland[1] |
Yard number | 316[2] |
Launched | 18 December 1922 |
Completed | January 1923[1] |
Identification |
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Fate | sunk by torpedo, 17 October 1940[5] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | cargo steamship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 360.1 ft (109.8 m)[1] registered length |
Beam | 50.0 feet (15.2 m)[1] |
Draught | 22 ft 6+3⁄4 in (6.88 m)[1] |
Depth | 22.9 feet (7.0 m)[1] |
Installed power | 340 NHP[1] |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h)[citation needed] |
Crew | 39[5] |
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