SS Clement
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SS Clement was a British turbine steamship operated by the Alfred Booth and Company from 1934 to 1939 until she was intercepted and sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the east coast of Brazil becoming the first victim of Graf Spee's commerce raiding sortie[1][2][3][4]
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SS Clement | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Clement |
Namesake | Clement of Alexandria |
Owner | Booth Steamship Co |
Operator | Booth Steamship Co |
Port of registry | Liverpool |
Route | Liverpool ā Brazil |
Ordered | 1934 |
Builder | Cammell, Laird, Birkenhead |
Yard number | 1000 |
Launched | 11 October 1934 |
Completed | December 1934 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk by shellfire: 30 September 1939 |
General characteristics | |
Type | cargo liner |
Tonnage | 5,051 GRT, 3,082 NRT |
Length | 412.2 ft (125.6 m) |
Beam | 55.7 ft (17.0 m) |
Draught | 25 ft 7+1ā2 in (7.81 m) |
Depth | 26.0 ft (7.9 m) |
Installed power | 653 NHP |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
Crew | 50 |
Sensors and processing systems | wireless direction finding |
Notes | sister ship: Crispin |
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