SS Cameronia (1911)
SS Cameronia
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United Kingdom | |
Name | SS Cameronia |
Owner | Anchor Line |
Builder | D. and W. Henderson and Company, Glasgow[1] |
Yard number | 472 |
Laid down | 1911 |
Launched | 27 May 1911[1][2] |
Completed | September 1911[1] |
Maiden voyage | 13 September 1911[2] |
Fate | Sunk by German U-boat U-33 on 15 April 1917 |
General characteristics | |
Type | ocean liner |
Tonnage | 10,968 GRT[1] |
Length | 515 ft (157 m) (pp)[1] |
Beam | 62 ft 4 in (19.00 m)[1] |
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The SS Cameronia was a twin propeller triple-expansion 15,600 IHP passenger steamship owned by the Glasgow-based Anchor Line and built by D. and W. Henderson and Company at Glasgow in 1911.[2] The ship provided a transatlantic service from Glasgow to various destinations.
The Cameronia sailed on her maiden voyage for the Anchor Line company on 13 September 1911 on the Glasgow - Moville - New York City route.[2] In February 1915, the Cameronia was employed in a joint Anchor-Cunard company service on the Glasgow - Liverpool - New York route.[3]
On 21 June 1915 while inbound in the mouth of the Mersey the Cameronia was attacked by a U-boat. Captain Kinnaird turned to ram the U-boat which was forced to dive and then broke off her attack.[4]
The Cameronia was torpedoed on 15 April 1917 by the German U-boat U-33 while en route from Marseille, France, to Alexandria, Egypt. She was serving as a troopship at the time and contained approximately 2,650 soldiers on board. The ship sank in 40 minutes, 150 miles east of Malta; taking 210 lives.[2] Other sources report only 140 casualties.[5] Most of the crew and embarked soldiers were picked up by the escorting destroyers and HMS Rifleman. The remainder of the survivors had sufficient time to take to lifeboats.[6]
for a first hand report of her sinking, see pp.137-140 of ‘Merchantmen-at-arms’ by D.W.Bone (available at ‘archive.org’)
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Cameronia (1129599)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
- ^ a b c d e SS Cameronia: The Lusitania Resource
- ^ File:SS Cameronia Manifest - ship sunk in 1917 by German U-boat near Malta.jpg
- ^ New York Times, 22 June 1915
- ^ British Admiralty announcement reported in the New York Times, 19 May 1917
- ^ Merchantman at Arms, David W Bone - 2nd Edition, 1936, Chatto and Windus, Chap XII
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- World War I shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea
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- Maritime incidents in 1917
- Ships built on the River Clyde
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