SS Khedive Ismail

For the 1948–1956 cargo liner, see SS United Victory.

History
Name
  • Aconcagua (1922–35)
  • Khedive Ismail (1935–44)
Namesake
Owner
Operator
Port of registry
RouteValparaíso – Panama – New York (1922–32)
OrderedApril 1920
BuilderScotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock
Yard number516[1]
Launched11 February 1922[1]
CompletedOctober 1922
Identification
  • UK official number 162372
  • (1933–35; 1940–44)
  • code letters HBLP (1922–33)
  • Call sign LHWK (1933–34)
  • call sign MKGG (1934–35)
  • call sign SUBR (1935–39)
  • call sign GLNL (1940–44)
FateSunk, 12 February 1944
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 7,290 GRT (1922–39)
  • 7,513 GRT (1940–44)
  • tonnage under deck 4991
  • 4,184 NRT
Length422.8 ft (128.9 m)
Beam56.2 ft (17.1 m)
Draught28 ft 3 in (8.61 m)
Depth30.4 ft (9.3 m)
Deckstwo
Installed power1,469 NHP; 8,450 bhp (6,300 kW)
Propulsionfour steam turbines; two screws
Speed17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Crew187 (as troop ship)
Sensors and
processing systems
ArmamentDEMS (1940–44)
Notessister ship: Mohamed Ali El-Kebir (formerly Teno)

SS Khedive Ismail, formerly SS Aconcagua, was a turbine steamship that was built in 1922 as an ocean liner, converted into a troop ship in 1940 and sunk by a Japanese submarine in 1944 with great loss of life. She was owned by the Chilean company CSAV 1922–1932, the Scottish William Hamilton & Co (1932–35), the Egyptian company KML 1935–1940 and the British Ministry of War Transport 1940–1944.

  1. ^ a b Cameron, Stuart; Biddulph, Bruce; Stewart, Gavin; Lucas, Gary; Asprey, David. "TSS Aconcagua". Clyde-built Ship Database. Archived from the original on 30 April 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)