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HMS Worcestershire
HMS Worcestershire was a motor ship. She was built in Scotland in 1931 as MV Worcestershire for Bibby Line. Her regular route was between Liverpool and Rangoon (now Yangon) via the Suez Canal. In 1939 she was converted into an armed merchant cruiser, and commissioned as HMS Worcestershire (F 29). In 1941 she survived being torpedoed in the Battle of the Atlantic. In 1943 she was converted into a troopship, and by 1944 she was a landing ship, infantry. She took part in the Normandy landings, and after the Second World War she repatriated Allied prisoners of war from the Far East. In 1947 she was refitted and returned to civilian service as a passenger ship. She was scrapped in Japan in 1962.
She was the second of four Bibby Line ships to be named after Worcestershire. The first was a steamship that was built in 1904 and sunk in 1917. The third was a cargo motor ship that was built in 1965, sold and renamed in 1976, and scrapped in 1981. The fourth was an ore-bulk-oil carrier that was built in 1973 as English Bridge, renamed Worcestershire in 1977, sold and renamed in 1979, and was wrecked as Kowloon Bridge in 1986.
Between 1926 and 1935, the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Govan, Glasgow, built a class of five twin-screw passenger motor ships for Bibby Line. Shropshire was completed in 1926; Cheshire in 1927; Staffordshire in 1929; Worcestershire in 1931; and Derbyshire in 1935. They were similar in length; depth; engines; and passenger capacity. Each had four masts, which had remained a Bibby tradition decades after the Age of Sail. Derbyshire was the last Bibby Line ship to be built with four masts.
One difference between members of the class was beam. In Shropshire and Cheshire it was 60.2 ft (18.3 m). It was increased to 62.2 ft (19.0 m) in Staffordshire; 64.2 ft (19.6 m) in Worcestershire; and 66.2 ft (20.2 m) in Derbyshire. This resulted in corresponding increases in tonnage.
Fairfield built Worcestershire as yard number 640. She was launched on 8 October 1930, and completed on 5 February 1931. Her lengths were 501 ft 6 in (152.86 m) overall and 483.0 ft (147.2 m) registered. Her beam was 64.2 ft (19.6 m); her depth was 32.0 ft (9.8 m); and her draught was 29 ft 9+1⁄4 in (9.07 m). She had berths for 250 passengers, all in first class, and her crew numbered about 200. A small part of her cargo capacity, 1,340 cu ft (38 m3), was refrigerated. Her tonnages were 11,376 GRT and 7,108 NRT.
Each of her twin screws was driven by a Sulzer eight-cylinder, single-acting, two-stroke diesel engine. The combined power of her twin engines was rated at 2,196 NHP or 3,800 bhp. Her top speed was 16 knots (30 km/h), and her cruising speed was 14+1⁄2 knots (27 km/h).
Bibby Line registered Worcestershire at Liverpool. Her UK official number was 162334. Her code letters LGTM; her wireless telegraph call sign was GFZM; and by 1934, her call sign had superseded her code letters. Worcestershire was the first ship to have a Marconi Type 386 1500W radio transmitter. As built, she was equipped with wireless direction finding. By 1940, she was equipped also with an echo sounding device.
On 6 March 1931, Worcestershire left Liverpool on her maiden voyage, which was to Rangoon. This Bibby's main route, carrying passengers, mail, and cargo via Gibraltar, Marseille, the Suez Canal, Port Sudan, and Colombo. Return voyages were to London via Plymouth, instead of Liverpool. For most of the year, alternate voyages called at Cochin.
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HMS Worcestershire
HMS Worcestershire was a motor ship. She was built in Scotland in 1931 as MV Worcestershire for Bibby Line. Her regular route was between Liverpool and Rangoon (now Yangon) via the Suez Canal. In 1939 she was converted into an armed merchant cruiser, and commissioned as HMS Worcestershire (F 29). In 1941 she survived being torpedoed in the Battle of the Atlantic. In 1943 she was converted into a troopship, and by 1944 she was a landing ship, infantry. She took part in the Normandy landings, and after the Second World War she repatriated Allied prisoners of war from the Far East. In 1947 she was refitted and returned to civilian service as a passenger ship. She was scrapped in Japan in 1962.
She was the second of four Bibby Line ships to be named after Worcestershire. The first was a steamship that was built in 1904 and sunk in 1917. The third was a cargo motor ship that was built in 1965, sold and renamed in 1976, and scrapped in 1981. The fourth was an ore-bulk-oil carrier that was built in 1973 as English Bridge, renamed Worcestershire in 1977, sold and renamed in 1979, and was wrecked as Kowloon Bridge in 1986.
Between 1926 and 1935, the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Govan, Glasgow, built a class of five twin-screw passenger motor ships for Bibby Line. Shropshire was completed in 1926; Cheshire in 1927; Staffordshire in 1929; Worcestershire in 1931; and Derbyshire in 1935. They were similar in length; depth; engines; and passenger capacity. Each had four masts, which had remained a Bibby tradition decades after the Age of Sail. Derbyshire was the last Bibby Line ship to be built with four masts.
One difference between members of the class was beam. In Shropshire and Cheshire it was 60.2 ft (18.3 m). It was increased to 62.2 ft (19.0 m) in Staffordshire; 64.2 ft (19.6 m) in Worcestershire; and 66.2 ft (20.2 m) in Derbyshire. This resulted in corresponding increases in tonnage.
Fairfield built Worcestershire as yard number 640. She was launched on 8 October 1930, and completed on 5 February 1931. Her lengths were 501 ft 6 in (152.86 m) overall and 483.0 ft (147.2 m) registered. Her beam was 64.2 ft (19.6 m); her depth was 32.0 ft (9.8 m); and her draught was 29 ft 9+1⁄4 in (9.07 m). She had berths for 250 passengers, all in first class, and her crew numbered about 200. A small part of her cargo capacity, 1,340 cu ft (38 m3), was refrigerated. Her tonnages were 11,376 GRT and 7,108 NRT.
Each of her twin screws was driven by a Sulzer eight-cylinder, single-acting, two-stroke diesel engine. The combined power of her twin engines was rated at 2,196 NHP or 3,800 bhp. Her top speed was 16 knots (30 km/h), and her cruising speed was 14+1⁄2 knots (27 km/h).
Bibby Line registered Worcestershire at Liverpool. Her UK official number was 162334. Her code letters LGTM; her wireless telegraph call sign was GFZM; and by 1934, her call sign had superseded her code letters. Worcestershire was the first ship to have a Marconi Type 386 1500W radio transmitter. As built, she was equipped with wireless direction finding. By 1940, she was equipped also with an echo sounding device.
On 6 March 1931, Worcestershire left Liverpool on her maiden voyage, which was to Rangoon. This Bibby's main route, carrying passengers, mail, and cargo via Gibraltar, Marseille, the Suez Canal, Port Sudan, and Colombo. Return voyages were to London via Plymouth, instead of Liverpool. For most of the year, alternate voyages called at Cochin.