HMS Hilary (1908)
HMS Hilary was a combined passenger/cargo vessel and originally named SS Hilary. During the First World War, it was commissioned into the Royal Navy and in 1917 was sunk by a German submarine. The ship was constructed in 1908 for the Booth Steamship Company to operate on the Europe/South America route, and carrying 200 first-class and 300 third-class passengers. A sighting of a sea serpent by Hilary was published in Nature in 1930. The Captain and several officers and men witnessed the event:
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HMS Hilary (1908)
HMS Hilary was a combined passenger/cargo vessel and originally named SS Hilary. During the First World War, it was commissioned into the Royal Navy and in 1917 was sunk by a German submarine. The ship was constructed in 1908 for the Booth Steamship Company to operate on the Europe/South America route, and carrying 200 first-class and 300 third-class passengers. A sighting of a sea serpent by Hilary was published in Nature in 1930. The Captain and several officers and men witnessed the event:
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1908-08-08
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1914-12-07
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1.274064e+2
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1.58496e+1
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1908-05-31
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Requisitioned by Royal Navy in 1914
Torpedoedwest ofLerwick,Shetland Islands, 25 May 1917
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United Kingdom
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Booth Steamship Company
Ship propulsion
*2 × triple expansion steam engines
*2 × screws
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HMS Hilary (1908)
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HMS Hilary
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SS Hilary
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