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SS Trent
SS Trent was a British steamship that was built in 1899 as an ocean liner for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSP) service between England and the Caribbean. In the First World War she was a Royal Navy depot ship. She was scrapped in 1922.
This was the last of three RMSP ships that were named after the English River Trent. RMSP's first Trent was built in 1841 and scrapped in 1867. The second was built as Vasco da Gama in 1873, renamed Trent in 1878 and scrapped in 1897.
In 1899 Robert Napier and Sons in Govan built a pair of sister ships for RMSP. Tagus was launched on 27 June and completed that October. Trent was launched on 19 September 1899 and completed in January 1900. Trent was built as yard number 467. Her registered length was 410.0 ft (125.0 m), her beam was 50.0 ft (15.2 m), her depth was 32.3 ft (9.8 m) and her tonnages were 5,573 GRT and 3,085 NRT.
Trent had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple expansion engine. It was rated at 1,050 NHP and gave her a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h).
Tagus and Trent had a straight stem, counter stern and twin funnels. The two ships looked like RMSP's Nile and Danube of 1893 and 1894, but were slightly smaller, and had two masts instead of Nile and Danube's three.
RMSP registered Trent at London. Her UK official number was 112664 and her code letters were RMGF.
On 6 June 1909 Trent ran aground on Semedine Bank, near Cartagena, Colombia. Magdalena tried to tow her off, but without success. Trent was refloated that May.
By 1910 Trent was equipped for submarine signalling and wireless telegraphy. The Marconi Company supplied and operated her wireless equipment, which had a range of about 160 nautical miles (300 kilometres). By 1913 her wireless call sign was UNR.
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SS Trent
SS Trent was a British steamship that was built in 1899 as an ocean liner for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSP) service between England and the Caribbean. In the First World War she was a Royal Navy depot ship. She was scrapped in 1922.
This was the last of three RMSP ships that were named after the English River Trent. RMSP's first Trent was built in 1841 and scrapped in 1867. The second was built as Vasco da Gama in 1873, renamed Trent in 1878 and scrapped in 1897.
In 1899 Robert Napier and Sons in Govan built a pair of sister ships for RMSP. Tagus was launched on 27 June and completed that October. Trent was launched on 19 September 1899 and completed in January 1900. Trent was built as yard number 467. Her registered length was 410.0 ft (125.0 m), her beam was 50.0 ft (15.2 m), her depth was 32.3 ft (9.8 m) and her tonnages were 5,573 GRT and 3,085 NRT.
Trent had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple expansion engine. It was rated at 1,050 NHP and gave her a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h).
Tagus and Trent had a straight stem, counter stern and twin funnels. The two ships looked like RMSP's Nile and Danube of 1893 and 1894, but were slightly smaller, and had two masts instead of Nile and Danube's three.
RMSP registered Trent at London. Her UK official number was 112664 and her code letters were RMGF.
On 6 June 1909 Trent ran aground on Semedine Bank, near Cartagena, Colombia. Magdalena tried to tow her off, but without success. Trent was refloated that May.
By 1910 Trent was equipped for submarine signalling and wireless telegraphy. The Marconi Company supplied and operated her wireless equipment, which had a range of about 160 nautical miles (300 kilometres). By 1913 her wireless call sign was UNR.
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