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722:. She was lengthened, all three funnels were removed and one modern funnel was installed amidships. This gave the ship the distinction of being the only ocean liner to have sailed with one, two and three funnels. As rebuilt she was now assessed as 22,552
516:. She was launched on 2 September 1932 and completed in February 1933. She was 553.4 ft (168.7 m) long, had a beam of 76.7 ft (23.4 m) and draught of 27 ft (8.2 m). She was assessed as 22,575
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In 1947 the UK Government released the ship for return to civilian service. Furness, Withy had her overhauled and refitted and her third funnel was reinstated. As refitted she had berths for 733 passengers, all first class.
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requisitioned the ship for conversion into an armed merchant cruiser. One of her three funnels was removed, either as a disguise or to improve the field of fire for her guns. Her primary armament was seven
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to two steam turbines. The turbines drove electric generators that powered electric motors to drive her four screws, giving her a speed of 19 knots (35 km/h). As built, she had three funnels.
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did not join her as she had been damaged by fire in a shipyard in 1947 and
Furness, Withy had sold her. In 1951 a new Furness, Withy ship, the 13,834
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F73. As a cruiser she served on patrol duty and as a convoy escort, mostly in the North and South
Atlantic. In March 1941 she visited
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with a combined heating surface of 39,720 square feet (3,690 m). The boilers supplied steam at 400
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and UK military personnel from the Far East to
Britain. She operated between Liverpool, Bombay and
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In
November 1966 Furness, Withy ceased its Furness Bermuda Line operation. New owners bought
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In
February 1949 she returned to her pre-war route between New York and Hamilton. Her sister
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had her refitted as a troop ship. For the next two years she carried troops between
Britain,
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leaving
Bermuda in December 1952 or January 1953. Devonshire Dock is in the foreground.
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which had been launched in March 1931 and entered service that
December.
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began on 23 February 1962 and returned to her regular route on 7 April.
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In May 1943 the
Admiralty returned the ship to Furness, Withy and the
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and destroyed shore facilities there to prevent their use by German
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used this ship to reach New York, and then moved to his home in
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was sold for scrap. On 6 December that year she arrived in
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Just before the Second World War, on 29 August 1939 the
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976:"Rebuilt Queen of Bermuda is Last Word in Comfort".
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700 1st class and 31 2nd class passengers (1933–39)
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321:, electric generators & motors, 4 × screws
817:"Requisitioned Auxiliary – Queen of Bermuda"
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650:in Italy, and in 1945 she made one visit to
1060:. Mineola: Dover Publications. p. 76.
555:on scheduled services between New York and
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611:in the Indian Ocean and made one visit to
591:She was commissioned on 28 October as HMS
934:"BR 3in 45cal 12pdr 20cwt QF Mk I To IV"
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461:. During the war she served as first an
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543:Liner, auxiliary cruiser and troop ship
342:733 passengers, all 1st class (1949–61)
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581:. Her secondary armament included two
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157:21 February 1933 Liverpool – New York
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1115:Troop ships of the United Kingdom
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1110:Steamships of the United Kingdom
1105:Ships built by Vickers Armstrong
1100:Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness
449:subsidiary operated her between
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32:
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980:. 27 February 1949. p. 25.
1043:All About Ships & Shipping
1030:All About Ships & Shipping
1007:Hardy, AC (8 September 1936).
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926:
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607:. In 1943 she served with the
559:. A round trip took six days.
375:submarine signalling equipment
13:
1:
1013:Shipping Wonders of the World
883:"HMS Queen of Bermuda (F 73)"
753:
750:in Scotland to be broken up.
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774:Lloyd's Register of Shipping
274:553.4 ft (168.7 m)
7:
1054:Miller, William Jr (2001).
579:BL 6-inch Mk XII naval guns
472:
443:Furness, Withy & Co Ltd
393:BL 6-inch Mk XII naval guns
10:
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1041:Harnack, Edwin P (1964) .
1028:Harnack, Edwin P (1938) .
282:76.7 ft (23.4 m)
1045:(11th ed.). London:
1009:"Bermudian Luxury Liners"
978:The Philadelphia Inquirer
666:Post-war civilian service
636:Ministry of War Transport
258:tonnage under deck 13,107
241:
50:
31:
1032:(7th ed.). London:
908:"BR 6in 45cal BL Mk XII"
718:started work to modify
477:Furness, Withy ordered
329:19 knots (35 km/h)
290:27 ft (8.2 m)
242:General characteristics
960:"HMS Queen of Bermuda"
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463:armed merchant cruiser
298:39 ft (12 m)
881:Helgason, Guðmundur.
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481:to replace the liner
457:before and after the
940:. Flixco Pty Limited
914:. Flixco Pty Limited
447:Furness Bermuda Line
80:Furness Bermuda Line
527:The ship had eight
512:at its shipyard in
1015:(Part 31): 970–974
687:Monarch of Bermuda
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553:Monarch of Bermuda
529:water-tube boilers
506:Vickers-Armstrongs
499:Monarch of Bermuda
420:Monarch of Bermuda
351:processing systems
124:Vickers-Armstrongs
115:(1933–39, 1949–66)
82:(1933–39, 1943–66)
45:in the early 1950s
712:Harland and Wolff
617:Western Australia
605:merchant cruisers
557:Hamilton, Bermuda
514:Barrow-in-Furness
441:that belonged to
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700:Queen of Bermuda
679:Queen of Bermuda
628:Queen of Bermuda
601:Deception Island
593:Queen of Bermuda
583:QF 3-inch 20 cwt
549:Queen of Bermuda
520:and 12,777
510:Queen of Bermuda
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479:Queen of Bermuda
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399:QF 3-inch 20 cwt
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69:& Co Ltd
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864:Miller 2001
494:sister ship
439:ocean liner
415:sister ship
369:gyrocompass
130:Yard number
1085:1932 ships
1079:Categories
780:. London:
754:References
728:sea trials
706:1961 refit
467:troop ship
365:equipment;
359:equipment;
314:Propulsion
162:In service
86:Royal Navy
944:5 October
918:5 October
892:5 October
887:Uboat.net
826:5 October
788:4 October
698:, joined
660:Singapore
644:Port Said
640:Gibraltar
613:Fremantle
595:with the
574:Admiralty
191:Call sign
146:Completed
88:(1939–43)
562:In 1935
547:In 1933
492:was the
483:MV
473:Building
451:New York
383:Armament
334:Capacity
237:Scrapped
138:Launched
113:Hamilton
109:New York
74:Operator
43:Hamilton
938:NavHist
912:NavHist
748:Faslane
716:Belfast
648:Taranto
630:in WWII
551:joined
485:Bermuda
455:Bermuda
388:as AMC:
287:Draught
247:Tonnage
120:Builder
51:History
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1019:13 May
784:. 1934
726:. Her
656:Naples
652:Bombay
588:guns.
508:built
445:. Its
271:Length
187:156189
963:(PDF)
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411:Notes
326:Speed
306:4274
295:Depth
193:VQJP
105:Route
63:Owner
1062:ISBN
1021:2020
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894:2020
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626:HMS
453:and
404:guns
397:2 ×
391:7 ×
317:2 ×
279:Beam
234:Fate
173:1966
165:1933
724:GRT
714:in
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