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Booth Line's S.S. "Hilary" 2 | ||||||||
| Built: | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Dundee | ||||||||
| Dimensions: | 418.5 x 52.3 x 27.2 feet | ||||||||
| Tonnage: | Gross: 6329 Net: 3033 | ||||||||
| Propulsion: | Twin screw, 2 x triple expansion steam engines by builder | ||||||||
| Passengers: | 200 1st Class, 300 3rd Class | ||||||||
| Type: | Passenger/Cargo Liner | ||||||||
| Launched: | 31/5/1908 as Hilary at the cost of £124,000 | ||||||||
| Delivered: | 8/8/1908 and sailed on maiden voyage from Liverpool - Le Havre - Amazon | ||||||||
| Commissioned: | 7/12/1914 as the Armed Merchant Cruise H.M.S. Hilary with the 10th Cruiser Squadron | ||||||||
| Torpedoed: | 25/5/1917 by the German submarine U-88 three times. She was leaving the Northern Patrol to refuel at Scapa Flow and sank some 40 miles west of Lerwick, Shetland Islands | ||||||||
| Sister ships: | Antony (1) & Lanfranc (2) | ||||||||
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| S.S. Hilary at the Landing Stage, Liverpool | |||||||||
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| R.M.S Hilary - Smoke Room - C1911 | |||||||||
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