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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
ORMONDE
141866
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1917
27/02/1917
10/1917
Vessel type
Vessel description
Passenger Liner
Steel Screw Steamer
Builder
Yard
Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Clydebank
425
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
14982 grt / 8843 nrt /
580.5 ft
66.7 ft
40.5 ft
Engine builder
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Engine detail
2 - Screw. Four Steam Turbines SR geared to 2 screw shafts. 215lb. 2120NHP
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Glasgow
Glasgow
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
1917 Admiralty requisition, completed as a troopship.
1919 Returned to owners.
Vessel history
Laid down 1913. Two year halt in building due to World War 1.
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1952
Broken Up 05/12/1952
Disposal Detail
Delivered for breaking at Dalmuir by W. H. Arnott, Young & Co.
Breaking completed 25/05/1953 at Troon.
Ormonde
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Ormonde
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Ormonde
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Ormonde
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