SS Queen of Bermuda

Queen of Bermuda in Hamilton in the early 1950s
History
United Kingdom
Owner	Furness, Withy & Co Ltd
Operator	Furness Bermuda Line (1933–39, 1943–66) Royal Navy (1939–43)
Port of registry	Hamilton, Bermuda
Route	New York – Hamilton (1933–39, 1949–66)
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs
Yard number	681
Launched	2 September 1932
Completed	14 February 1933
Maiden voyage	21 February 1933 Liverpool – New York
In service	1933
Out of service	1966
Identification	UK official number 156189 Call sign VQJP pennant number F73 (1939–43)
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage	22,575 GRT tonnage under deck 13,107 12,777 NRT
Length	553.4 ft (168.7 m)
Beam	76.7 ft (23.4 m)
Draught	27 ft (8.2 m)
Depth	39 ft (12 m)
Installed power	4274 NHP
Propulsion	2 × steam turbines, electric generators & motors, 4 × screws
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h)
Capacity	700 1st class and 31 2nd class passengers (1933–39) 733 passengers, all 1st class (1949–61)
Sensors and processing systems	direction finding equipment; echo sounding equipment; gyrocompass; submarine signalling equipment
Armament	as AMC: 7 × BL 6-inch Mk XII naval guns 2 × QF 3-inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft guns
Notes	sister ship: Monarch of Bermuda

SS Queen of Bermuda was a British turbo-electric ocean liner that belonged to Furness, Withy & Co Ltd. Its Furness Bermuda Line subsidiary operated her between New York and Bermuda before and after the Second World War. During the war she served as first an armed merchant cruiser and then as a troop ship.