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SS Minnedosa

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SS Minnedosa was one of a pair of transatlantic steam ocean liners built in the United Kingdom, launched in 1917 and operated by Canadian Pacific until 1935; her sister ship was Melita. Hamburg America Line had ordered the pair in 1913, but the outbreak of the First World War led Canadian Pacific to buy the partly built ships. Minnedosa was built in Glasgow by Barclay Curle, with her engines installed at Belfast by Harland and Wolff, and had three screws driven by two triple-expansion engines and a low-pressure turbine. She was 520 feet long and 13,972 gross tons as built. In 1935 she became the Italian troopship Piemonte, was torpedoed in 1942, scuttled in 1943 and scrapped in 1949.

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Year
1917 1
Propulsion
Steam 1
Engine Class
Steam 1
Status
Scrapped 1
Top Speed (km/h)
30.6 1
Engine
Two four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines and a low-pressure steam turbine 1
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She was then towed to Belfast, where Harland & Wolff installed her engines.

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SS Minnedosa was one of a pair of transatlantic steam ocean liners that were built in the United Kingdom, launched in 1917 and operated by Canadian Pacific until 1935.
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  • Lead
    SS Minnedosa was one of a pair of transatlantic steam ocean liners that were built in the United Kingdom, launched in 1917 and operated by Canadian Pacific until 1935.
  • Lead, steam ocean liners
    SS Minnedosa was one of a pair of transatlantic steam ocean liners that were built in the United Kingdom, launched in 1917 and operated by Canadian Pacific until 1935.
  • Building, machinery
    A pair of four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines drove her port and starboard screws. Exhaust steam from their low-pressure cylinders powered a low-pressure steam turbine that drove her middle screw.
  • Building, speed
    Between them, her three engines gave her a top speed of 16+1⁄2 knots (30.6 km/h)
  • Lead, scrapping
    In 1949 she was raised and scrapped.
  • Building
    She was then towed to Belfast, where Harland & Wolff installed her engines.
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