- SS Clan Macneil (1921)
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For the Scottish clan by the same name, see Clan MacNeil
Career (UK) Name: SS Clan Macneil Operator: Clan Line Steamers Ltd, London Builder: Ayrshire Dockyard, Irvine, North Ayrshire
Engines by Dunsmuir & Jackson, GlasgowYard number: 489 Launched: 1 December 1921 Completed: February 1922 Homeport: Glasgow Fate: Scrapped in 1952 General characteristics Class and type: Steam merchant ship Tonnage: 6,111 grt Length: 610 ft 6 in (186.08 m) Beam: 53 ft 4 in (16.26 m) Draught: 33 ft 3 in (10.13 m) Propulsion: Triple expansion steam engine producing 560nhp
Bauer-Wach LP Exhaust Turbine fitted in 1930 producing 691nhpSpeed: 11 knots (20 km/h) The SS Clan Macneil was a British cargo steamer of the Clan Line.
She was built by the Ayrshire Dockyard, Irvine, North Ayrshire and launched on 1 December 1921. As with the majority of the ships of the Clan Line, she was named after a Scottish clan, in this case Clan MacNeil. She served during the Second World War, and was scrapped at Port Glasgow in May 1952.
References
- Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets: 1939. The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-023-X.
- ""1146281"" (subscription required). Miramar Ship Index. R.B. Haworth. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
- Gary, Lucas. "ss CLAN MACNEIL". Clydebuilt Ships Database. clydesite.co.uk. http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=20481. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
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