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| Launched 1931: ss AUTOCARRIER |
ss AUTOCARRIER
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ss AUTOCARRIER
built by D & W Henderson Ltd Glasgow,
Yard No 912 Engines by shipbuilder
Previous Names: CAMBERLEY (ordered)
Port of Registry: Southampton
Propulsion: 2 x Triple expansion 4cy, twin screw, 154nhp 15kn
Launched: Thursday, 05/02/1931
Built: 1931
Ship Type: Car Ferry
Tonnage: 822 grt, 329 nrt
Length: 220.3 feet
Breadth: 35.6 feet
Owner History:
Southern Railway Co, London
1947 British Transport Commission, Southern Region, London
Status: Arrived for Scrapping - 07/08/1954
www.faktaomfartyg.com/ autocarrier_1931.htm
Remarks:
Originally intended as CAMBERLEY, a cargo vessel of the Haslemere type, she was adapted before completion to enable her to carry cars and passengers as an answer to Townsend Bros FORDE operating from Dover. Cars loaded by crane/ships derrick.
Entered service Dover/Calais 31/3/1931.
Lifted 712 men from Dunkirk 03/06/1940.
1941/1945 requisitioned as troop transport, and later as a recreation ship for RN at Lyness.
returned to cross
Channel service 12/1945
Withdrawn early 1954 left Dover under tow 06/08/1954 for Ghent; scrapped by Van Heyghen Freres
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Previous update by Colin Campbell
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Last updated: by David Asprey from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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