SS City of Paris (1920)

History
United Kingdom
Name	City of Paris
Operator	Ellerman Lines Ltd, London
Port of registry	Glasgow
Builder	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend
Yard number	1129
Launched	24 December 1920
Completed	February 1922
Identification	UK official number: 146256
Fate	Scrapped 1956
General characteristics
Type	Passenger steamship
Tonnage	10,902 GRT tonnage under deck 9423 6,865 NRT
Length	484.7 ft (147.7 m)
Beam	59.3 ft (18.1 m)
Draught	43 ft 0 in (13.11 m)
Depth	32.6 ft (9.9 m)
Decks	2
Installed power	1,315 NHP
Propulsion	3 steam turbines, double-reduction geared onto one propeller shaft

SS City of Paris was a steam passenger ship launched in 1920 and completed in 1922 for the Ellerman Lines.^[1] She was requisitioned for service by the British government during the Second World War.