SS Donegal
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SS Donegal was a Midland Railway passenger ferry that served in the First World War as an ambulance ship. She was completed in 1904 and sunk by enemy action in April 1917.
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Donegal in Midland Railway service | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name |
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Namesake | County Donegal, Ireland |
Owner | Midland Railway[1][2] |
Port of registry | Belfast[1][2] |
Route | Heysham – Belfast |
Builder | Caird & Company, Greenock[1][2] |
Yard number | 303[1] |
Launched | 30 April 1904 |
Completed | 1904[1] |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by UC-21, 17 April 1917[1] |
General characteristics | |
Type |
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Tonnage | 1,885 GRT[1][2] |
Length | 331 ft (101 m)[1] |
Beam | 42.1 ft (12.8 m)[1] |
Draught | 17.2 ft (5.2 m)[1] |
Installed power | 386 NHP[1][2] |
Propulsion | triple-expansion steam engine;[1] screw |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h)[1] |
Capacity | 610 (as ambulance ship)[3] |
Crew | 70 (as ambulance ship)[3] |
Notes | sister ship: SS Antrim |
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