SS Themistocles (1911)
Themistocles at Bulimba Wharf, Queensland | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Themistocles |
| Namesake | Themistocles |
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| Route | London – Cape Town – Sydney |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
| Yard number | 412 |
| Launched | 22 September 1910 |
| Completed | 12 January 1911 |
| Maiden voyage | 16 February 1911 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 11,231 GRT, 7,020 NRT |
| Length | 500.6 ft (152.6 m) |
| Beam | 62.3 ft (19.0 m) |
| Draught | 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m) |
| Depth | 39.4 ft (12.0 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 1,075 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
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| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Notes | sister ships: Pericles, Demosthenes |
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SS Themistocles was a UK steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship. She was launched in 1910 in Ireland and scrapped in 1947 in Scotland. She was built for Aberdeen Line, White Star Line managed her for a few years, and she spent the latter part of her career with Shaw, Savill & Albion Line.
Themistocles was a troop ship in the First World War and also served in the Second World War.
Aberdeen Line named some of its ships after classical Greek people and events. Themistocles was a general and politician in Classical Athens in the fifth century BC.
This ship should not be confused with the 6,045 GRT transatlantic liner Moraitis that was launched in 1907 in England for Greek owners, renamed Themistocles in 1908 and scrapped in 1933.