SS Clan Forbes (1938)
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The SS Clan Forbes was a British cargo steamship. She was built for Clan Line Steamers Ltd as one of its Cameron-class steamships. She was launched at Greenock in 1938, served in the Second World War and was scrapped in Hong Kong 1959.[2]
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Clan Forbes | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Clan Forbes |
Namesake | Clan Forbes |
Owner | Clan Line Steamers Ltd, London[1] |
Operator | Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd, London[1] |
Port of registry | Glasgow[1] |
Builder | Greenock Dockyard Co, Scotland[1] |
Yard number | 434[2] |
Launched | 8 September 1938[2] |
Completed | December 1938[1] |
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Fate | Scrapped 1959[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Cameron-class steamship |
Tonnage | 7,529 GRT, 3,524 NRT[1] |
Length | 463.7 feet (141.3 m)[1] p/p |
Beam | 63.0 feet (19.2 m)[1] |
Draught | 29 feet 1+1ā4 inches (8.87 m)[1] |
Depth | 29.9 feet (9.1 m)[1] |
Installed power | 1,370 NHP[1] |
Propulsion | two 3-cylinder triple-expansion engines; two low-pressure exhaust steam turbines; twin screw[1] |
Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h) |
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Armament | DEMS |
Notes | sister ships: Clan Buchanan, Clan Cameron, Clan Campbell, Clan Chattan, Clan Cumming, Clan Ferguson, Clan Fraser, Clan Lamont, Clan Menzies, HMS Engadine |
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This was the third of four Clan Line ships called Clan Forbes. The first was a steamship built in 1882 and sold to Furness, Withy & Co in 1903.[3] The second was a steamship built in 1903 and sunk by a u-boat in 1918.[4] The fourth was a motor ship built in 1961, sold in 1968 and scrapped in 1985.[5]