SS Trent
British Royal Mail Ship that became a Royal Navy depot ship in the First World War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Trent was a British steamship that was built in 1899 as an ocean liner for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSP) service between England and the Caribbean. In the First World War she was a Royal Navy depot ship. She was scrapped in 1922.
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Trent's sister ship Tagus | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Trent |
Namesake | River Trent |
Owner | RMSP Co |
Operator | 1915: Royal Navy |
Port of registry | London |
Builder | Robert Napier and Sons, Govan |
Yard number | 467 |
Launched | 19 September 1899 |
Completed | January 1900 |
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Fate | Scrapped in 1922 |
General characteristics | |
Type | ocean liner |
Tonnage | 5,573 GRT, 3,085 NRT |
Length | 410.0 ft (125.0 m) |
Beam | 50.0 ft (15.2 m) |
Draught | 23.3 ft (7.1 m) |
Depth | 32.3 ft (9.8 m) |
Decks | 3 |
Installed power | 1,050 NHP |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Sensors and processing systems | submarine signalling |
Notes | sister ship: Tagus |
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This was the last of three RMSP ships that were named after the English River Trent. RMSP's first Trent was built in 1841 and scrapped in 1867. The second was built as Vasco da Gama in 1873, renamed Trent in 1878 and scrapped in 1897.