SS Hertford
SS Hertford was a refrigerated cargo steamship that was launched in Germany in 1917, seized by the United Kingdom in 1920 as World War I reparations, and sunk by a U-boat in 1942 with the loss of four members of her crew. She was launched as Rheinland for Hamburg America Line, but was completed in 1920 as Friesland. The UK Shipping Controller seized her that same year, and in 1922 sold her to the Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, who renamed her Hertford.
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SS Hertford
SS Hertford was a refrigerated cargo steamship that was launched in Germany in 1917, seized by the United Kingdom in 1920 as World War I reparations, and sunk by a U-boat in 1942 with the loss of four members of her crew. She was launched as Rheinland for Hamburg America Line, but was completed in 1920 as Friesland. The UK Shipping Controller seized her that same year, and in 1922 sold her to the Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, who renamed her Hertford.
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SS Hertford was a refrigerated ...... in 1976 and scrapped in 1985.
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sunk by torpedo, 29 March 1942
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Ship armament
Ship builder
Ship capacity
refrigerated hold space
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Ship identification
*UK official number 144656
*code letters KGFB
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*call sign GDKB
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Ship launched
October 1917
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Ship length
registered length
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Ship name
*1917: Rheinland
*1920: Friesland
*1922: Hertford
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Ship namesake
*1917: Rhineland
*1920: Frisia
*1922: Hertford
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Ship notes
*sister ships:
*Cumberland, , Norfolk
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Ship operator
*1921: Glen Line
*1922: Federal Steam
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Ship owner
*1920: HAPAG
*1920: Shipping Controller
*1922: Federal Steam
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Ship power
by 1930: 1,290 NHP
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Ship propulsion
*as built: 2 × screws powered ...... us
*2 × exhaust steam turbines
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Ship registry
London
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Ship route
Britain – Australia / New Zealand
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Ship sensors
by 1930: wireless direction finding
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by 1930:
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SS Hertford was a refrigerated ...... Ltd, who renamed her Hertford.
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SS Hertford
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*1917: Rheinland
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*1920: Friesland
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*1922: Hertford
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