SS Clan Chisholm (1937)
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SS Clan Chisholm was a British cargo steamship. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Second World War while carrying cargo from India to Scotland.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Clan Chisholm |
Owner | Clan Line Steamers Ltd, London[1] |
Operator | Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd, London[1] |
Port of registry | Glasgow[1] |
Builder | Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd, Greenock[1] |
Yard number | 429[2] |
Launched | 5 August 1937[2] |
Completed | 1937[1] |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk by torpedo, 17 October 1939[3] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Cameron-class steamship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 463.7 feet (141.3 m) p/p[1] |
Beam | 63.0 feet (19.2 m)[1] |
Depth | 29.9 feet (9.1 m)[1] |
Installed power | 1,043 NHP[1] |
Propulsion | 2 × steam triple expansion engines; low pressure exhaust steam turbines; twin screw[1] |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h)[4] |
Crew | 78[3] |
Sensors and processing systems | direction finding equipment; echo sounding device; gyrocompass[1] |
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