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tss HECTOR
built by Scotts Greenock,
Yard No 521
Last Name: HECTOR (HMS)
Port of Registry: Liverpool
Propulsion: Steam turbine, 15 knots
Launched: Wednesday, 18/06/1924
Built: 1924
Ship Type: Passenger cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 11198 grt
Length: 498.5 feet
Breadth: 62.3 feet
Draught: 34.9 feet
Owner History:
1924-39 Ocean S.S Co Ltd (A. Holt & Co), Liverpool
1939 British Admiralty
Status: Scrapped - 1946
Remarks: Delivered: 23/09/1924. Bombed by Japanese aircraft whilst lying in Colombo Harbour. The town was attacked by the planes from aircraft carriers.
Additional data by Tom Carryette
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Previous update by Bruce Biddulph
Requisitioned by Admiralty and converted to an armed merchant cruiser.
Refloated in 1946 and beached 5 miles north of Colombo Harbour for demolition.
Feb 06 Information from Joe McMillan Collection.
Photo supplied by Joe McMillan Collection
Previous update by Gavin Stewart
Previous update by Gavin Stewart
Last updated: by John Ward~McQuaid from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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