Cruiser
1924
SS Antenor (1924)
- Length
- 151.7 m (497.7 ft)
- Beam
- 18.96 m (62.2 ft)
- Speed
- 15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
SS Antenor (1924)
Particulars
- Name
- SS Antenor
- Pennant / hull number
- 1924
- Namesake
- Antenor
- Builder
- Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co
- Launched
- 30 September 1924
- Commissioned
- January 1940
- Fate
- Scrapped 1953 (1953)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Length
- 151.7 m (497.7 ft)
- Beam
- 18.96 m (62.2 ft)
- Speed
- 15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
SS Antenor was a cruiser. She carried the pennant number 1924. She was named for Antenor. She was built by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co. She entered service in January 1940, having been launched on 30 September 1924.
She measured 151.7 m (498 ft) long with a beam of 19.0 m (62 ft). Her designed speed was 15 knots.
She was broken up for scrap in 1953.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 × steam turbines; twin screws
- Armament
- as armed merchant cruiser:
- 6 × BL 6-inch Mk XII guns
- 2 × QF 3-inch 20 cwt AA guns
Sources
- Facts harvested from SS Antenor (1924) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.