SS Abukir

History
Name	Island Queen (1920–34); Kyle Queen (1934–35); Abukir (1935–40);
Namesake	Abu Qir, Egypt
Owner	London and Channel Islands Steamship Co (1920–34); Monroe Bros, Liverpool (1934–35); Khedivial Mail Line (1935); HE Ahmed Abboud Pasha (1935–36); Pharaonic Mail Lines SAE (1936–40); Ministry of War Transport (1940);
Operator	Cheesewright & Ford (1920–34); Lord Ernest Hamilton (1934–35); General Steam Navigation Co (1940);
Port of registry	London (1920–34); Alexandria (1935–39); London (1940);
Builder	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend
Yard number	1159
Launched	27 September 1920
Completed	November 1920
Identification	UK official number 145082; code letters KHDL (1920–33); ; Call sign MKGT (1933–34); ; call sign SUCL (1934–40); ; call sign MCDN (1940); ;
Fate	Sunk by torpedo, 28 May 1940
General characteristics
Type	coaster
Tonnage	689 GRT, 355 NRT
Length	173.5 ft (52.9 m)
Beam	28.1 ft (8.6 m)
Draught	13 ft 5 in (4.09 m)
Depth	12.9 ft (3.9 m)
Installed power	97 IHP
Propulsion	3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine; single screw
Speed	8 knots (15 km/h)
Armament	(as DEMS) 1 Lewis gun
Armour	concrete slabs to protect the bridge from machine-gun fire

SS Abukir was a British coastal steamship that was launched in 1920 as SS Island Queen and renamed in 1934 as SS Kyle Queen. In 1935 she was renamed Abukir and registered in Egypt. In May 1940 she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea while evacuating UK and Belgian soldiers, airmen and civilians from Ostend on the last day of the Battle of Belgium.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Lloyd's Register 1930.
^ ^a ^b Lloyd's Register 1933.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lloyd's Register 1934.
^ ^a ^b "Steamers & Motorships". Lloyd's Register of Shipping (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1935. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Steamers & Motorships". Lloyd's Register of Shipping (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1937. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Steamers & Motorships". Lloyd's Register of Shipping (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1940. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
^ Dehaene, M (3 March 2007). "8684 – Abukir". Épaves du Ponant (in French). ArcheoSousMarine. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood". The London Gazette. No. 34930. 23 August 1940. p. 5199. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

[FOOTNOTELloyd's_Register_1930-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Lloyd's Register 1930.

[FOOTNOTELloyd's_Register_1933-2] Lloyd's Register 1933.

[FOOTNOTELloyd's_Register_1934-3] Lloyd's Register 1934.

[LR35-4] "Steamers & Motorships". Lloyd's Register of Shipping (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1935. Retrieved 17 December 2013.

[LR37-5] "Steamers & Motorships". Lloyd's Register of Shipping (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1937. Retrieved 17 December 2013.

[LR40-6] "Steamers & Motorships". Lloyd's Register of Shipping (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1940. Retrieved 17 December 2013.

[Ponant-7] Dehaene, M (3 March 2007). "8684 – Abukir". Épaves du Ponant (in French). ArcheoSousMarine. Retrieved 17 December 2013.

[Gazette-8] "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood". The London Gazette. No. 34930. 23 August 1940. p. 5199. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

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History

Name	Island Queen (1920–34)^[1] Kyle Queen (1934–35)^[2] Abukir (1935–40)^[3]^[4]
Namesake	Abu Qir, Egypt
Owner	London and Channel Islands Steamship Co (1920–34)^[1] Monroe Bros, Liverpool (1934–35)^[2] Khedivial Mail Line (1935)^[3] HE Ahmed Abboud Pasha (1935–36)^[4] Pharaonic Mail Lines SAE (1936–40)^[5] Ministry of War Transport (1940)^[6]
Operator	Cheesewright & Ford (1920–34)^[1] Lord Ernest Hamilton (1934–35)^[3] General Steam Navigation Co (1940)^[6]
Port of registry	London (1920–34)^[1] Alexandria (1935–39) London (1940)
Builder	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend^[1]
Yard number	1159
Launched	27 September 1920^[7]
Completed	November 1920^[1]
Identification	UK official number 145082^[1] code letters KHDL (1920–33)^[1] Call sign MKGT (1933–34)^[3] call sign SUCL (1934–40)^[5] call sign MCDN (1940)^[6]
Fate	Sunk by torpedo, 28 May 1940
General characteristics
Type	coaster
Tonnage	689 GRT, 355 NRT^[1]
Length	173.5 ft (52.9 m)^[1]
Beam	28.1 ft (8.6 m)^[1]
Draught	13 ft 5 in (4.09 m)^[1]
Depth	12.9 ft (3.9 m)^[1]
Installed power	97 IHP^[1]
Propulsion	3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine;^[1] single screw
Speed	8 knots (15 km/h)^[8]
Armament	(as DEMS) 1 Lewis gun^[8]
Armour	concrete slabs to protect the bridge from machine-gun fire^[8]