SS Tyndareus
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SS Tyndareus was a British steamship that was built in 1914–15 as a cargo liner for the Blue Funnel Line of the Ocean Steamship Company. Completed during the First World War, she served as a troop ship and was nearly sunk by a German naval mine, but without loss of life. Between the wars she operated commercially in the Pacific Ocean, before returning to military service in the Second World War. Her final civil role was to carry Islamic pilgrims from Indonesia to Mecca, before being scrapped in 1960.
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Name | Tyndareus |
Namesake | Tyndareus, legendary King of Sparta |
Owner | Ocean Steamship Company |
Port of registry | Liverpool |
Ordered | 3 March 1914 |
Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd., Greenock |
Laid down | 30 March 1914 |
Launched | December 1915 |
Completed | 21 November 1916 |
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Fate | Requisitioned by the Admiralty on completion |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Tyndareus |
Acquired | 21 November 1916 |
Fate | Returned to owner, 1920 |
Notes | 6 February 1917, struck a mine off Cape Agulhas and was recovered to Simonstown for repairs |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Tyndareus |
Owner | Ocean Steamship Company |
Route | Hong Kong/Yokohama/Tacoma, Washington |
Acquired | 1920 |
Identification | |
Fate | Requisitioned by the Admiralty, 1940 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Tyndareus |
Acquired | 1940 |
Fate | Returned to owner, 1946 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Tyndareus |
Owner | Ocean Steamship Company |
Route | Indonesia/Jeddah |
Acquired | 1946 |
Fate | Broken up at Hong Kong, 9 September 1960 |
Notes | used for the Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo liner |
Tonnage | 11,347 GRT,7,172 NRT |
Length | 507 ft 0 in (154.53 m) p/p |
Beam | 63 ft 2 in (19.25 m) |
Draught | 43.6 ft (13.3 m) |
Depth | 41 ft 0 in (12.50 m) |
Installed power | 2 × triple expansion steam engines |
Propulsion | Twin screws |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) maximum |
Capacity | 540 passengers |
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