RMS Cameronia

SS Cameronia
History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Cameronia (1920–41) HMT Cameronia (1941–45) SS Cameronia (1945–53) SS Empire Clyde (1953–57)
Owner	Anchor Line (1920–35) Anchor Line (1935) Ltd (1935–41) Royal Navy (1941–45) Anchor Line (1935) Ltd (1945–53) Ministry of Troop Transport (1953–57)
Operator	Henderson Bros Ltd (1920–35) Anchor Line (1935) Ltd (1935–57)
Port of registry	Glasgow (1920–22) Glasgow (1922–41) Royal Navy (1941–45) Glasgow (1945–57)
Builder	William Beardmore & Co Ltd
Yard number	584
Launched	23 December 1919
Completed	May 1921
Maiden voyage	11 May 1921
Out of service	1934–35, 1945–47
Identification	UK official number 144242 Code letters KHSQ (1920–33) Call sign GDXS (1934–53)
Fate	Scrapped 1957
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner (1920–35, 36–41) Troopship (1935–36, 1941–53)
Tonnage	16,297 GRT 9,607 NRT
Length	552 ft 4 in (168.35 m)
Beam	70 ft 4 in (21.44 m)
Depth	38 ft 8 in (11.79 m)
Installed power	6 steam turbines
Propulsion	2 Screw propellers
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h)
Capacity	265 1st class, 370 2nd class and 1,100 3rd class passengers (1921–28) 290 cabin class, 431 tourist class and 698 3rd class passengers (1928–35) 1,266 passengers (1948–53)
Notes	sister ship: Lancastria

Cameronia was a British ocean liner which was built in 1920 by William Beardmore & Co Ltd, Dalmuir for the Anchor Line. She was requisitioned for use as a troopship in the Second World War, surviving a torpedo attack. In 1953 she was requisitioned by the Ministry of Troop Transport (MoTT) and renamed Empire Clyde. She was scrapped in 1957.