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The SS Dongola, launched 14 September 1905, was a steam-powered passenger liner of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, at various times used as a Royal Navy troop ship (HMT Dongola) and hospital ship (HMHS Dongola).
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Dongola about 1913 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | SS Dongola / HMT Dongola |
Namesake | Dongola, a British victory in the Conquest of the Sudan on 21 September 1896[1][2] |
Owner | Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company |
Operator | P&O, Royal Navy |
Port of registry | Port of London |
Builder | Barclay Curle, Whiteinch, River Clyde |
Cost | £160,167 |
Launched | 14 September 1905 |
Maiden voyage | November 1905 |
In service | 15 November 1905 |
Out of service | 1926 |
Homeport | Southampton |
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Fate | Sold to T. W. Ward Ltd. for scrap in 1926 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | ocean liner |
Tonnage | |
Length | 470 feet (140 m) |
Beam | 56.2 feet (17.1 m) |
Draught | 27.7 feet (8.4 m) |
Installed power | 1,252 NHP |
Speed | 15.5 knots |
Sensors and processing systems | gyrocompass |
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Except during the First World War, the ship’s main use was as a passenger liner on the routes from England through the Suez Canal to India and the Far East, and she was fast enough to carry mail.
P & O sold the ship in June 1926 to be broken up for scrap.