SS City of Glasgow (1906)
City of Glasgow | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | City of Glasgow |
| Namesake | Glasgow |
| Owner | Ellerman Lines |
| Operator | George Smith & Sons |
| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Builder | Workman, Clark & Co, Belfast |
| Yard number | 226 |
| Launched | 15 January 1906 |
| Completed | March 1906 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | sunk by torpedo, 1 Sep 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | cargo liner |
| Tonnage | 6,457 GRT, 4,112 NRT |
| Length | 443.0 ft (135.0 m) registered |
| Beam | 53.6 ft (16.3 m) |
| Depth | 30.3 ft (9.2 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 1 × screw |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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SS City of Glasgow was an Ellerman Lines cargo liner that was built in Ireland in 1906, and sunk in the Irish Sea by a German U-boat in 1918. She was the third of six ships of George Smith & Sons and Ellerman Lines to be named after the city of Glasgow. The first was a wooden-hulled sailing ship that was launched in 1848 and abandoned in 1873. The second was an iron-hulled sailing ship that was built in 1867 and abandoned in 1907. The fourth was a steam turbine ship that was built in 1920 and scrapped in 1958. The fifth was a motor ship that was built in 1963, renamed City of Ottawa in 1971, and scrapped in 1985. The sixth was a motor ship that was built in 1968 as City of Hereford, renamed City of Glasgow in 1971, and scrapped in 1980.