SS Clan Fraser (1938)
Clan Fraser | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Clan Fraser |
| Owner | Clan Line Steamers Ltd, London |
| Operator | Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd, London |
| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Builder | Greenock Dockyard Co., Greenock |
| Yard number | 435 |
| Launched | 20 December 1938 |
| Completed | February 1939 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | bombed and sunk, 6 April 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Cameron-class steamship |
| Tonnage | 7,529 GRT, 3,524 NRT |
| Length | 463.7 feet (141.3 m) registered length |
| Beam | 63.0 feet (19.2 m) |
| Draught | 28 feet 4+1⁄4 inches (8.64 m) |
| Depth | 29.9 feet (9.1 m) |
| Installed power | 1,370 NHP |
| Propulsion | 2 × steam triple expansion engines; 2 × low pressure exhaust turbines; twin screw |
| Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h) |
SS Clan Fraser was a British cargo steamship. She served in the Second World War and was bombed and sunk in Greece in 1941.
This was the third of four Clan Line ships called Clan Fraser. The first was a steamship built in 1878, sold in 1899 and wrecked in 1902. The second was a steamship built in 1900, sold in 1919 and lost in 1920. The fourth was a motor ship built in 1961, sold in 1965, burnt out in 1979 and scrapped in 1980.