SS Tairoa
British cargo liner sunk during World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SS Tairoa was a British cargo liner and refrigerated freight ship, operated by the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line from 1920 to 1939, until she was intercepted and sunk by the German pocket battleship, Admiral Graf Spee, off South West Africa, becoming the penultimate victim of Graf Spee's commerce raiding sortie.[1][2][3][4]
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Tairoa |
Owner | Shaw, Savill & Albion Line |
Operator | Shaw, Savill & Albion Line |
Port of registry | Southampton |
Route | United Kingdom ā Australia |
Ordered | 1919 |
Builder | Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
Yard number | 908 |
Launched | 4 February 1920 |
Completed | July 1920 |
In service | 1920 |
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Fate | Sunk by shellfire and torpedoes: 3 December 1939 |
General characteristics | |
Type | cargo liner |
Tonnage | 7,983 GRT, 6,350 NRT |
Length | 494 ft (151 m) |
Beam | 63.3 ft (19.3 m) |
Draught | 25 ft 7+1ā2 in (7.81 m) |
Depth | 31.2 ft (9.5 m) |
Installed power | 1011 NHP |
Propulsion | 2 x 4 cyl. quadruple expansion steam engines, dual shaft, 2 screws. |
Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h) |
Crew | 81 |
Sensors and processing systems | wireless direction finding (by 1930) |
Armament | (as DEMS) |
Notes | sister ship: Maimoa |
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