For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named Cameronia.
For other ships named Empire Clyde, see SS Empire Clyde.
SS Cameronia
History
United Kingdom
Name
SS Cameronia (1920–41)
HMT Cameronia (1941–45)
SS Cameronia (1945–53)
SS Empire Clyde (1953–57)
Owner
Anchor Line (1920–35)
Anchor Line (1935) Ltd (1935–41)
Royal Navy (1941–45)
Anchor Line (1935) Ltd (1945–53)
Ministry of Troop Transport (1953–57)
Operator
Henderson Bros Ltd (1920–35)
Anchor Line (1935) Ltd (1935–57)
Port of registry
Glasgow (1920–22)
Glasgow (1922–41)
Royal Navy (1941–45)
Glasgow (1945–57)
Builder
William Beardmore & Co Ltd
Yard number
584
Launched
23 December 1919
Completed
May 1921
Maiden voyage
11 May 1921
Out of service
1934–35, 1945–47
Identification
UK official number 144242
Code letters KHSQ (1920–33)
Call sign GDXS (1934–53)
Fate
Scrapped 1957
General characteristics
Type
Ocean liner (1920–35, 36–41)
Troopship (1935–36, 1941–53)
Tonnage
16,297 GRT
9,607 NRT
Length
552 ft 4 in (168.35 m)
Beam
70 ft 4 in (21.44 m)
Depth
38 ft 8 in (11.79 m)
Installed power
6 steam turbines
Propulsion
2 Screw propellers
Speed
16 knots (30 km/h)
Capacity
265 1st class, 370 2nd class and 1,100 3rd class passengers (1921–28)
290 cabin class, 431 tourist class and 698 3rd class passengers (1928–35)
1,266 passengers (1948–53)
Notes
sister ship: Lancastria
Cameronia was a British ocean liner which was built in 1920 by William Beardmore & Co Ltd, Dalmuir for the Anchor Line. She was requisitioned for use as a troopship in the Second World War, surviving a torpedo attack. In 1953 she was requisitioned by the Ministry of Troop Transport (MoTT) and renamed Empire Clyde. She was scrapped in 1957.
at 16 knots (30 km/h). Cameronia was built for the Anchor Line, which was owned by Cunard Line. She was a sister ship to RMS Lancastria. Although she...
the Anchor Line, a subsidiary of Cunard. She was the sister ship of RMSCameronia, which Beardmore had built for the Anchor Line the previous year. Tyrrhenia...
by German U-boat U-33 in 1917 RMSCameronia (1919), a passenger liner completed in 1920 and scrapped in 1957 Cameronia (1973), a bulk carrier built in...
Sinking site The RMS Lusitania was a British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on...
Navy RMS Cambria 1844 Scrapped in March 1875 after being sold SS Cameronia 1911 Torpedoed by the German submarine SM U-33 on April 15, 1917 RMS Campania...
RMS Victorian was the world's first turbine-powered ocean liner. She was designed as a transatlantic liner and mail ship for Allan Line and launched in...
RMS Empress of Asia was an ocean liner built in 1912–1913 by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian Pacific...
interpreter. After a short period of leave, Belchem boarded the troopship RMSCameronia in Southampton to join the 6th Royal Tank Regiment, which was based...
SS Calabria (1922) SS California (1923) SS Cambridge (1916) RMSCameronia (1919) SS Canonesa SS Carsbreck RMS Carthage SS Ceramic MS Chrobry SS City of Cairo SS Clan...
intending to stay and gain citizenship—she returned to Scotland on the SS Cameronia on September 12, 1934. She was recorded as living in New York by April...
Magnetic 26 Oct: Blokshiv No. 1 October (unknown date): USS R-8, USS Widgeon November (unknown date): Cameronia Unknown date: Celtic, Eider 1924 1926...
stokers. Priest had also been on the liner RMS Asturias when she foundered on her maiden voyage in 1907, and on RMS Olympic when she was damaged in a collision...
320-capacity cruise ship with a new gross tonnage of 8,939. She was renamed RMS Arcadian on 21 September 1910 as the RMSP's liners had names beginning with...
Eaglet, Sapona Other incidents 11 Jan: RMS Empress of Asia 12 Jan: Empress January (unknown date): Cameronia 1 Feb: Maurice Callot 19 Feb: Maurice Callot...
Eaglet, Sapona Other incidents 11 Jan: RMS Empress of Asia 12 Jan: Empress January (unknown date): Cameronia 1 Feb: Maurice Callot 19 Feb: Maurice Callot...
Eaglet, Sapona Other incidents 11 Jan: RMS Empress of Asia 12 Jan: Empress January (unknown date): Cameronia 1 Feb: Maurice Callot 19 Feb: Maurice Callot...
She sank quickly, killing 224 people. 224 Navy 1917 United Kingdom HMT Cameronia – on 15 April she was torpedoed by U-33 while en route from Marseille...
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