TSS Themistocles
TSS Themistocles was an 11,200-ton ocean liner of the Aberdeen Line launched in 1910, and later sold to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line, working on routes to Australia for both companies.
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Name: | SS Themistocles |
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Route: | London to Cape Town & Australia |
Builder: | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number: | 412 |
Launched: | 22 September 1910 |
Completed: | 12 January 1911 |
Fate: | Breakers yard, Dalmuir 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Ocean liner |
Tonnage: | 11,223 GRT |
Length: | 500 ft 6 in (152.55 m) |
Beam: | 62 ft 3 in (18.97 m) |
Depth of hold: | 39 ft 4 in (11.99 m) |
Propulsion: | 2 × quad expansion engines |
Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Ship history
Themistocles was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland and launched on 22 September 1910. A sister ship, Demosthenes, was launched on 28 February 1911.[1]
The ship sailed the London to Australia via Cape Town route. The cost of a single berth third class ticket for the 40-day journey to Melbourne cost £25 in 1910. The ship had accommodation for 250 third class passengers and 100 first class passengers. In 1932 it was sold to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line.[1]
She served as a British troopship during World War I and survived a number of convoy duties during World War II, remaining on the Australian route throughout and also after the war, until scrapped at Dalmuir on 24 August 1947.[1]
References
- Dunn, Laurence (1964). Famous Liners of the Past Belfast Built. London: Adlard Coles. pp. 20–21.