SS Donegal information

	Donegal in Midland Railway service
History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Donegal (1904–14); HMHS Donegal (1914–17);
Namesake	County Donegal, Ireland
Owner	Midland Railway
Port of registry	Belfast
Route	Heysham – Belfast
Builder	Caird & Company, Greenock
Yard number	303
Launched	30 April 1904
Completed	1904
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by UC-21, 17 April 1917
General characteristics
Type	passenger ferry (1904–14);; ambulance ship (1914–17);
Tonnage	1,885 GRT
Length	331 ft (101 m)
Beam	42.1 ft (12.8 m)
Draught	17.2 ft (5.2 m)
Installed power	386 NHP
Propulsion	triple-expansion steam engine; screw
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h)
Capacity	610 (as ambulance ship)
Crew	70 (as ambulance ship)
Notes	sister ship: SS Antrim

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.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Cameron, Stuart; Biddulph, Bruce; Robinson, George. "SS Donegal". Clydesite. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Donegal". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Hospital Ships Sunk". Bendigonian. National Library of Australia. 26 April 1917. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

[Clyde-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Cameron, Stuart; Biddulph, Bruce; Robinson, George. "SS Donegal". Clydesite. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[U1686-2] Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Donegal". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

[Bendigonian-3] "Hospital Ships Sunk". Bendigonian. National Library of Australia. 26 April 1917. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

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History
Donegal in Midland Railway service
United Kingdom
Name	SS Donegal (1904–14) HMHS Donegal (1914–17)
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	passenger ferry (1904–14); ambulance ship (1914–17)
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