SS Aguila (1916)
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SS Aguila was a British steam passenger liner. She was built in Dundee in 1917 and was sunk by enemy action in the North Atlantic in 1941. She belonged to Yeoward Line, which carried passengers and fruit between Liverpool, Lisbon, Madeira and the Canary Islands.
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Name | Aguila |
Namesake | Spanish for eagle |
Owner | Yeoward Line |
Operator | Yeoward Brothers |
Port of registry | Liverpool |
Route | Liverpool – Lisbon – Las Palmas – Tenerife – Liverpool |
Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Dundee |
Yard number | 242[1] |
Launched | 12 September 1916 |
Completed | November 1917 |
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Fate | Sunk by torpedo, 19 August 1941 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 315.3 ft (96.1 m) |
Beam | 44.2 ft (13.5 m) |
Draught | 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) |
Depth | 18.5 ft (5.6 m) |
Decks | two |
Installed power | 395 NHP |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h)[1] |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament | DEMS |
Notes | sister ships: Alondra, Avoceta |
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Aguila is Spanish for eagle, and a popular name for ships. This was the second in Yeoward Brothers' fleet, the first Aguila having been built in 1909 and sunk by U-28 in 1915.[2]