RMS Cameronia

SS Cameronia
History
United Kingdom
Name
  • SS Cameronia (1920–41)
  • HMT Cameronia (1941–45)
  • SS Cameronia (1945–53)
  • SS Empire Clyde (1953–57)
Owner
  • Anchor Line (1920–35)
  • Anchor Line (1935) Ltd (1935–41)
  • Royal Navy (1941–45)
  • Anchor Line (1935) Ltd (1945–53)
  • Ministry of Troop Transport (1953–57)
Operator
  • Henderson Bros Ltd (1920–35)
  • Anchor Line (1935) Ltd (1935–57)
Port of registry
  • Glasgow (1920–22)
  • Glasgow (1922–41)
  • Royal Navy (1941–45)
  • Glasgow (1945–57)
BuilderWilliam Beardmore & Co Ltd
Yard number584
Launched23 December 1919
CompletedMay 1921
Maiden voyage11 May 1921
Out of service1934–35, 1945–47
Identification
FateScrapped 1957
General characteristics
Type
  • Ocean liner (1920–35, 36–41)
  • Troopship (1935–36, 1941–53)
Tonnage
Length552 ft 4 in (168.35 m)
Beam70 ft 4 in (21.44 m)
Depth38 ft 8 in (11.79 m)
Installed power6 steam turbines
Propulsion2 Screw propellers
Speed16 knots (30 km/h)
Capacity
  • 265 1st class, 370 2nd class and 1,100 3rd class passengers (1921–28)
  • 290 cabin class, 431 tourist class and 698 3rd class passengers (1928–35)
  • 1,266 passengers (1948–53)
Notessister ship: Lancastria

Cameronia was a British ocean liner which was built in 1920 by William Beardmore & Co Ltd, Dalmuir for the Anchor Line. She was requisitioned for use as a troopship in the Second World War, surviving a torpedo attack. In 1953 she was requisitioned by the Ministry of Troop Transport (MoTT) and renamed Empire Clyde. She was scrapped in 1957.

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