| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Bethlehem Steel Co |
| Cost | $2,250,000 |
| Yard number | 4342 |
| Launched | 7 December 1940 |
| Completed | 16 April 1941 |
| Commissioned | January 1944 |
| Decommissioned | April 1946 |
| Maiden voyage | 14 April 1941 |
| Out of service | April 1942 - January 1944 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped in 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type |
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| Tonnage | |
| Length |
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| Beam | 66 ft 0 in (20.12 m) maximum |
| Draft | 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m) |
| Depth | 43 ft 0 in (13.11 m) |
| Propulsion | Two steam turbines, single screw propeller |
| Speed |
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| Range | 18,500 nautical miles (34,300 km) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 43 |
SS Robin Doncaster was a 7,101 GRT cargo liner that was built in 1940 as a Type C2-S cargo ship by Bethlehem Steel Co, Sparrows Point, Maryland, United States for the United States Maritime Commission (USMC). On completion in April 1941, she was transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Curlew. In 1942, she was transferred to the USMC, regaining her former name Robin Doncaster. She was rebuilt as a troop transport, and entered service with the War Shipping Administration in January 1944. She was returned to the USMC in April 1946 and was sold to Seas Shipping Co Inc in 1948. In 1957, she was sold to Isbrandtsen Lines and was renamed Flying Gull. Sold to American Export Lines in 1962, she served until she was scrapped in 1968.