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.

History
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]

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References
  1. Dunn, Laurence (1964). Famous Liners of the Past Belfast Built. London: Adlard Coles. pp. 20–21.


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