SS Derbyshire (also known as HMT Derbyshire) was a passenger steamship built by Harland and Wolff in 1897 for the Bibby Line. It weighed 6,635 tons and cost £130,000 (£18,631,416 in 2024).[1][2][3] It operated as a one-class vessel, offering comfortable facilities for its passengers over the longer routes. During the First World War, it was requisitioned to serve as a troopship, and continued in that service into the 1920s.[1][2]
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| History | |
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| Name | Derbyshire |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff |
| Yard number | 314 |
| Launched | 21 July 1897 |
| Completed | 8 October 1897 |
| Fate | Scrapped on 14 July 1931 at Japan |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steamship |
| Tonnage | 625 tons |
| Length | 6,635 GRT |
| Depth | 30.5 ft (9.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion engine |
History
editConstructed to be a sister of the SS Staffordshire, she was launched on 21 July 1897 and completed in the following October for the Bibby Line.[1][2] The last of the shorter bridge deck type, her arrival enabled the service to Burma to have a sailing every three weeks in line with Henderson's. In 1899, she undertook four round voyages from Liverpool to Boston for the Dominion Line commencing on 6 June 1899.[2]
When the SS Oxfordshire joined the fleet in 1912 she was reduced to being the reserve steamer.[2] In January 1915, she was deployed as a troopship operating between India and Malaya and in 1917 had carried American troops to Europe. She became a full time troopship in 1921 when Bibby's were given a Government trooping contract and began carrying military personnel to India and the Levant. In 1927, she was replaced as a troopship by the SS Dorsetshire and was reduced to carrying cargo only.[2] Operating as a coal burner, she was retired from service until being broken up at Japan on 14 July 1931.[2]
See also
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edit- ^ a b c "London 25th Regt". www.25thlondon.com. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Derbyshire". The Yard. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Screw Steamer DERBYSHIRE built by Harland & Wolff Ltd. in 1897 for Bibby S.S. Co. Ltd. - Bibby Bros. & Co., Liverpool, Passenger / Cargo". shippingandshipbuilding.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
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