Queen of Bermuda in Hamilton in the early 1950s
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Owner | Furness, Withy & Co Ltd |
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Port of registry | Hamilton, Bermuda |
Route | New York – Hamilton (1933–39, 1949–66) |
Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs |
Yard number | 681 |
Launched | 2 September 1932 |
Completed | 14 February 1933 |
Maiden voyage | 21 February 1933 Liverpool – New York |
In service | 1933 |
Out of service | 1966 |
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Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 553.4 ft (168.7 m) |
Beam | 76.7 ft (23.4 m) |
Draught | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Depth | 39 ft (12 m) |
Installed power | 4274 NHP |
Propulsion | 2 × steam turbines, electric generators & motors, 4 × screws |
Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
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Armament |
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Notes | sister ship: Monarch of Bermuda |
SS Queen of Bermuda was a British turbo-electric ocean liner that belonged to Furness, Withy & Co Ltd. Its Furness Bermuda Line subsidiary operated her between New York and Bermuda before and after the Second World War. During the war she served as first an armed merchant cruiser and then as a troop ship.