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Booth Line's S.S. "Ambrose" 2 |
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Built: |
Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough |
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Dimensions: |
375.2 x 47.8 x 18.5 feet |
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Tonnage: |
Gross: 4588 Net: 2490 |
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Propulsion: |
Single screw, triple expansion steam engine
of 775 nhp, 12 kts
by N.E. Marine Engineering, Newcastle upon Tyne |
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Type: |
Passenger Liner |
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Launched: |
31/03/1903 as Ambrose at the cost of £89,000 |
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Delivered: |
07/10/1903 and sailed on maiden voyage from Liverpool for
the Amazon |
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Requisitioned: |
10/12/1914 and became the Armed Merchant Cruiser
HMS Ambrose of the 10th Cruiser Squadron |
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Missed: |
12/03/1915 by three torpedoes from the
German Submarine U 27,
in the Oversay Channel, North Minches. She was on passage to Liverpool for
conversion to a submarine depot ship |
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Converted: |
1938 into a destroyer depot ship |
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Scrapped: |
1946 by Thomas W. Ward of Inverkeithing |
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Booth Line postcard of R.M.S Ambrose |
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