TS Pretoria
Passenger ship (1936–1987) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships named Pretoria, see SS Pretoria.
TS Pretoria was a ship that had a long and varied career as first a German cargo liner, then a U-boat depot ship, hospital ship, British troop ship, Muslim pilgrim ship and finally an Indonesian naval accommodation ship.
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Port of registry |
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Builder | Blohm+Voss, Hamburg, Germany[1] |
Yard number | 506 |
Launched | 16 July 1936 |
Completed | 1936 |
Maiden voyage | 19 December 1936 |
Out of service | 1984 |
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Identification |
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Captured | as prize ship in May 1945 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1987 |
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Tonnage |
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Length | 547.8 ft (167.0 m) |
Beam | 72.5 ft (22.1 m) |
Draught | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Depth | 31.5 ft (9.6 m) |
Decks | 3 |
Installed power | 14,000 SHP |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
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