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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
INDEFATIGABLE
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1944
08/12/1942
03/05/1944
Vessel type
Vessel description
Naval
Steel Screw Steamer
Builder
Yard
Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Clydebank
565
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
/ / 23825 st 32624 d fl
766 ft 7 in
96 ft
29 ft
Engine builder
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Engine detail
Parsons turbines supplied by 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers driving quadruple screws 148000shp, 32 knots max.
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
Royal Navy
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
Vessel history
Home and British Pacific fleets.
Training ship from 1950.
Decommissioned approx.1953 after taking part in Coronation Fleet Review.
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1956
Broken Up 04/11/1956
Disposal Detail
Arrived at Dalmuir November 4th 1956 for initial demolition. Her hull was subsequently towed to Troon for final breaking up.
State Library of Victoria, Green collection
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Indefatigable
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Indefatigable 1953
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Indefatigable
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