SS Dieppe (1905)

HMHS Dieppe (1905)
History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Dieppe (1905– ) HMS Dieppe (WWI) SS Dieppe ( –1933) MY Rosaura (1933– ) HMS Rosaura (–1941)
Owner	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (1905– ) Royal Navy (WWI) London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ( –1922) Southern Railway (1923–33) W E Guinness (1933–40) Royal Navy (1940–41)
Port of registry	Newhaven(1905– ) Royal Navy (WWI) Newhaven ( –1933) Cowes (1933–40) Royal Navy (1940–41)
Route	Newhaven — Dieppe (1905–33)
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan
Yard number	439
Launched	5 April 1905
Completed	May 1905
Out of service	18 March 1941
Identification	UK official number 105655 Code letters HCRB (1905–33)
Fate	Struck a mine and sank
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,210 GRT (1905– ) 1,426 GRT ( –1933) 1,538 GRT (1933–41) 301 NRT (1905– ) 565 NRT ( –1933)
Length	273 ft 5 in (83.34 m)
Beam	34 ft 8 in (10.57 m)
Depth	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Installed power	3 × steam turbines (1905–33) 2 × diesel engines (1933–41)
Propulsion	Triple propellers (1905–33) Twin propellers (1933–41)
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h) (1905–33) 15 knots (28 km/h) (1933–41)

Dieppe was a steam passenger ferry that was built in 1905 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. She was requisitioned during the First World War for use as a troopship and later as a hospital ship HMS Dieppe, returning to her owners postwar. She passed to the Southern Railway on 1 January 1923. In 1933 she was sold to W E Guinness and converted to a private diesel yacht, Rosaura. She was requisitioned in the Second World War for use as an armed boarding vessel, HMS Rosaura. She struck a mine and sank off Tobruk, Libya on 18 March 1941.