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History | |
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Name | Antenor (1924–39; 1941–53) HMS Antenor (1939–41) |
Namesake | Antenor |
Owner | China Mutual SN Co |
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Port of registry | Liverpool (1924–39; 1941–53) |
Route | Liverpool – Far East |
Builder | Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co |
Yard number | 945 |
Launched | 30 September 1924 |
Completed | March 1925 |
Acquired | 13 September 1939 |
Commissioned | January 1940 |
Reclassified |
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Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped 1953 |
General characteristics | |
Type | refrigerated cargo and passenger liner |
Tonnage | |
Length | 497.7 ft (151.7 m) |
Beam | 62.2 ft (19.0 m) |
Depth | 35 ft (11 m) |
Propulsion | 4 × steam turbines; twin screws |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Capacity | berths for first class passengers only |
Sensors and processing systems | wireless direction finding (by 1934) |
Armament |
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Notes |
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SS Antenor was a UK steam turbine passenger and refrigerated cargo liner launched in 1924. She was the third of five ships to bear the name.[1]
In the Second World War Antenor served first as an armed merchant cruiser and then as a troop ship.