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Sir Harvey Adamson
History
SS Sir Harvey AdamsonUnited Kingdom
NameSir Harvey Adamson
NamesakeHarvey Adamson
OwnerBritish India SN Co
Port of registryGlasgow
RouteRangoon – Tavoy – Mergui
BuilderA. & J. Inglis, Glasgow
Cost£40,200
Yard number306
Launched1 October 1914
Completed27 November 1914
Identification
  • UK official number 136336
  • until 1933: code letters JHGC
  • by 1918: call sign MUK
  • by 1930: call sign GRYK
Fatemissing without trace, 1947
General characteristics
Typecoastal passenger ship
Tonnage1,030 GRT, 528 NRT, 691 DWT
Length219.7 ft (67.0 m)
Beam35.1 ft (10.7 m)
Draught11 ft 7 in (3.53 m)
Depth11.3 ft (3.4 m)
Decks1
Installed power155 NHP, 700 IHP
Propulsion
  • 2 × triple-expansion engines
  • 2 × screws
Speed12 knots (22 km/h)
Capacity500 passengers: 12 1st class, 12 2nd class, 476 deck class
Crew64

SS Sir Harvey Adamson was a coastal passenger steamship that was built in Scotland in 1914 for the British India Steam Navigation Company (BI). She traded along the coast of Burma until 1947, shen she disappeared in a gale in the Andaman Sea. No survivor or identifiable wreckage was ever found.

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