SS Dongola
Dongola about 1913 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Dongola |
| Namesake | Dongola |
| Owner | P&O |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Builder | Barclay Curle, Whiteinch |
| Cost | £160,167 |
| Yard number | 455 |
| Launched | 14 September 1905 |
| Completed | 15 November 1905 |
| Maiden voyage | November 1905 |
| Refit | 1919 |
| Homeport | Southampton |
| Identification |
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| Fate | scrapped 1926 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | "D"-class ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 8,056 GRT, 4,742 NRT, 8,165 DWT |
| Length | 470.0 ft (143.3 m) |
| Beam | 56.2 ft (17.1 m) |
| Draught | 27.7 ft (8.4 m) |
| Depth | 23.2 ft (7.1 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Installed power | 1,252 NHP, 8,000 ihp |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15+1⁄2 knots (28.7 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 236 |
SS Dongola, launched 14 September 1905, was a steam-powered ocean liner of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O), at various times used as a Royal Navy troop ship (HMT Dongola) and hospital ship (HMHS Dongola).
Except during the First World War, the ship's main use was as a passenger liner on the routes from England through the Suez Canal to India and the Far East, and she was fast enough to carry mail.
P&O sold the ship in June 1926 to be broken up for scrap.