![]() The transport ship Shropshire
carrying troops to England[1] | |
History | |
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Name | Shropshire |
Operator | Federal Steam Navigation Company |
Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland |
Yard number | 400 |
Launched | 27 April 1911 |
Completed | 19 September 1911 |
Maiden voyage | 1912 |
In service | 28 October 1911 |
Out of service | 1923 |
Fate | Transferred to the New Zealand Shipping Company[2] |
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Name | Rotorua |
Operator | New Zealand Shipping Company |
Acquired | 1923 |
Out of service | 11 December 1940 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by the German U-Boat U-96 on 11 December 1940[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Passenger/cargo steamship |
Tonnage | 11,911 tons |
Length | 526 ft 5 in (160.45 m) |
Beam | 61 ft 5 in (18.72 m) |
Depth of hold | 33 ft 4 in (10.16 m) |
Propulsion | Twin screw |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
HMAT Shropshire (His Majesty's Australian Transport), originally SS Shropshire, was a 11,911-ton vessel, built by John Brown and Company in Clydebank, Glasgow, for the Federal Steam Navigation Company.[2] She was employed on passenger and meat trade between New Zealand and Great Britain, but due to the First World War, she was converted into a troopship.[3][4] She was leased by the Australian Commonwealth Government until 5 August 1917, when the British Admiralty took over control of the ship.
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