Lamport & Holt Lamport & Holts'  S.S. "Herschel" 3  
       
  Built: D & W Henderson & Co., Glasgow, Scotland  
Dimensions: 132.59 x 16.82 x 8.35 feet
  Tonnage: Gross: 6,293  Net: 3,945  
  Propulsion: 4 Cyl Quadruple Expansion Steam Engine of 685 nhp, 3 x double ended boilers giving a speed of 12 kts, by builders  
  Type: Passenger/Cargo Liner  
  Launched: 23/04/1914  
  Completed: 09/1914  
  Missed: 27/11/1919 by a torpedo from the German submarine UB-48 north of Cape Bon, Mediterranean  
  Broken up: 1934 in Italy  
       
  Sister ship: Holbein 2  
     
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Completion was delayed due to her machinery being taken for a navy vessel. Ended up in Admiralty hands. Fitted with taller lifeboat davits at No.3 boats to allow fitment of extra nested boats on the southward passage for emigrant passenger season.

  
   
  Emigrant passengers shown dancing on the foredeck  
     
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  Updated: 23-11-2005