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because of the dense fog, and then it was decided to make for
Holyhead to pick up a pilot and she grounded shortly afterwards. She was listing 30 degrees, and the lifeboat and a trawler took off 90 passengers. However, after plugging some holes where rivets had been lost, she managed to get herself
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served as a liner running between
Liverpool and Brazil. Adverts for her pleasure cruises in 1934 claimed she carried passengers 1000 miles up the Amazon. In 1936 during one of these Amazon cruises she came fast on a mudbank, but Capt. R.H. Buck managed to get her off without assistance. A grounding
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to civilian service with Booth Line. Sources disagree as to whether she was decommissioned on 15 April or 26 July. She had resumed merchant service by August 1942, and then sailed in transatlantic convoys. In two convoys in
October and November 1942
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to
Birkenhead to be refitted for civilian service. Her third class accommodation was reduced to 138 berths but her first class was slightly increased to 93 berths. In March 1946 she returned to service between Liverpool and Brazil.
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also had a Bauer-Wach turbine to increase her power and fuel efficiency. Exhaust steam from the low-pressure cylinder of her main engine powered a low-pressure turbine. Via double-reduction gearing and a
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from May until
October 1941. She again escorted convoys between Liverpool and Freetown in February 1942. In March 1942 she escorted Convoy WN 261 from
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for its service between
Liverpool and Lagos. For this her hull was painted white, making her the first Booth ship to have a white hull. In 1957
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1186:. Her total capacity was reduced again, to 86 first class and 122 tourist class berths. Also in 1956, Elder, Dempster and Company
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off the rocks using her own engines on the next tide, control the leak in No 1 hold, and proceed to
Liverpool.
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that was built in 1931 and scrapped in 1959. She spent much of her career on a scheduled service between
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was 424.2 ft (129.3 m) long and her tonnages were 7,403
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for conversion into an ocean boarding vessel. She was armed with two
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Osborne, Richard; Spong, Harry & Grover, Tom (2007).
1117:. That December she returned to Britain and was based at
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with a torpedo amidships, but it failed to detonate.
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in 1892, sold in 1911 to Japanese buyers and renamed
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at dawn on 10 July, the first day of Operation Husky
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2511:World War II passenger ships of the United Kingdom
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928:and her prize joined Convoy HG 61, which had left
2486:World War II Auxiliary cruisers of the Royal Navy
1460:Swiggum, Susan; Kohli, Marjorie (10 March 2009).
932:and was bound for Liverpool. The prize crew took
848:. On 21 January 1941 she was commissioned as HMS
748:were LHFD. From 1934 they were superseded by the
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702:for her main engine, which was a three-cylinder
1090:. At the same time she carried elements of the
884:350 nautical miles (650 km) south of the
1086:'s headquarters ship in Operation Husky, the
2481:Amphibious warfare vessels of the Royal Navy
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994:On one occasion in 1942 two U-boats pursued
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16:Amphibious warfare ship of the Royal Navy
1075:and berths for 313 crew and 378 troops.
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808:. In September 1940 she was a member of
787:. Captain L. Evans had anchored off the
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1019:Allied invasion of French North Africa
763:. By 1935 she had been fitted with an
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1158:In 1945 the Admiralty decommissioned
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2496:Ships of the Booth Steamship Company
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1257:. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust
1067:a second time. She was converted at
1041:Infantry landing ship (headquarters)
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585:the ship spent two periods in the
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600:. The second was in 1943–45 as a
596:. The first was in 1941–42 as an
479:86 first class, 122 tourist class
2506:Steamships of the United Kingdom
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1426:"Booth Line's R.M.S. "Hilary" 3"
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1009:took part in Convoy UGF 2 from
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473:93 first class, 138 third class
461:80 first class, 250 third class
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755:From the start of her career
704:triple-expansion steam engine
422:triple-expansion steam engine
1555:. 10 April 1939. p. 10.
1551:"Liner runs ashore in fog".
1151:which had been damaged by a
354:424.2 ft (129.3 m)
7:
1760:"Steamers and Motorships".
1701:"Steamers and Motorships".
1540:. 10 April 1939. p. 3.
1489:"Steamers and Motorships".
1354:"Steamers and Motorships".
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759:was equipped with wireless
744:was 162350. Until 1933 her
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2419:A Liverpool Merchant House
1113:, the Allied landing near
966:around the north coast to
668:Cammell, Laird and Company
633:that was built in 1889 as
392:34.2 ft (10.4 m)
362:56.2 ft (17.1 m)
18:
2118:"Convoy EN.123 (Series2)"
1322:Shipping and Shipbuilding
1109:'s headquarters ship for
1088:Allied invasion of Sicily
942:Ministry of War Transport
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155:1931–40, 1946–56, 1957–59
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1908:. Don Kindell, Convoyweb
1881:. Don Kindell, Convoyweb
1854:. Don Kindell, Convoyweb
1827:. Don Kindell, Convoyweb
1800:. Don Kindell, Convoyweb
1741:. Don Kindell, Convoyweb
1682:. Don Kindell, Convoyweb
1655:. Don Kindell, Convoyweb
1628:. Don Kindell, Convoyweb
1601:. Don Kindell, Convoyweb
1574:. Don Kindell, Convoyweb
991:was the commodore ship.
796:Second World War service
655:, and sunk in 1917 by a
41:at Greenock in the 1940s
1521:"Booth Line (advert)".
1462:"Ship Descriptions – H"
844:and four anti-aircraft
824:On 16 October 1940 the
616:Booth Steamship Company
445:14 knots (26 km/h)
321:General characteristics
173:Cammell, Laird & Co
2041:SL / MKS Convoy Series
2014:OS / KMS Convoy Series
1987:OS / KMS Convoy Series
1933:SL / MKS Convoy Series
1825:SL / MKS Convoy Series
1536:"Liner on the rocks".
1096:Royal Marine Commandos
1060:
706:that drove her single
647:armed merchant cruiser
602:landing ship, infantry
491:landing ship, infantry
384: in (7.51 m)
214:1940, 1942, 1946, 1956
2463:at Wikimedia Commons
2392:Shorter Convoy Series
1204:On 15 September 1959
1092:1st Canadian Division
1048:
820:Ocean boarding vessel
598:ocean boarding vessel
103:1931–40, 42–43, 45–56
1430:Blue Star on the Web
1281:Scottish Built Ships
1255:Scottish Built Ships
899:from capturing her.
814:Halifax, Nova Scotia
121:Elder, Dempster Line
1553:Western Daily Press
1111:Operation Avalanche
1105:was Flag Commodore
888:. The Italian crew
505:as built: wireless
1101:In September 1943
1061:
1017:in support of the
629:. The first was a
539:4 × anti-aircraft
500:processing systems
270:GQVM (1934 onward)
99:Booth Steamship Co
83:Booth Steamship Co
73:Hilary of Poitiers
2461:HMS Hilary (1931)
2459:Media related to
2441:978-0-9543310-8-5
2423:Allen & Unwin
2421:. London: George
2417:John, AH (1959).
2365:GAT Convoy Series
1432:. 3 February 2012
1138:Normandy landings
1082:was Rear Admiral
1005:In November 1942
826:British Admiralty
761:direction finding
606:headquarters ship
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507:direction finding
234:LHFD (until 1933)
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2149:ON Convoy Series
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1778:
1771:Lloyd's Register
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1763:Lloyd's Register
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1748:
1746:
1739:HG Convoy Series
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1724:
1723:
1721:
1719:
1712:Lloyd's Register
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1704:Lloyd's Register
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1692:
1691:
1689:
1687:
1680:OB Convoy Series
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1665:
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1653:HX Convoy Series
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1626:OB Convoy Series
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1572:OB Convoy Series
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1216:, where she was
1182:was refitted in
1166:Post-war service
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978:Civilian service
870:intercepted the
832:and sent her to
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583:Second World War
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2386:Hague, Arnold.
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2361:"Convoy GAT.36"
2359:Hague, Arnold.
2357:
2353:
2343:
2341:
2334:"Convoy NG.334"
2332:Hague, Arnold.
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2314:
2307:"Convoy ON.153"
2305:Hague, Arnold.
2303:
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2278:Hague, Arnold.
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2253:"Convoy HX.214"
2251:Hague, Arnold.
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2226:"Convoy ON.137"
2224:Hague, Arnold.
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2199:"Convoy HX.208"
2197:Hague, Arnold.
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2170:Hague, Arnold.
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2152:
2145:"Convoy ON.123"
2143:Hague, Arnold.
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2116:Hague, Arnold.
2114:
2110:
2100:
2098:
2091:"Convoy FN.782"
2089:Hague, Arnold.
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2064:"Convoy WN.261"
2062:Hague, Arnold.
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2037:"Convoy SL.101"
2035:Hague, Arnold.
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1819:Hague, Arnold.
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1792:Hague, Arnold.
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1733:Hague, Arnold.
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1676:"Convoy OB.313"
1674:Hague, Arnold.
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1645:
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1629:
1622:"Convoy OB.161"
1620:Hague, Arnold.
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1595:"Convoy OB.110"
1593:Hague, Arnold.
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1260:
1258:
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1248:
1244:
1239:
1226:
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1107:Geoffrey Oliver
1057:operations room
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962:in the west of
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771:Pre-War Service
742:official number
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684:and 4,350
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564:passenger liner
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1902:"Convoy OG.73"
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1875:"Convoy HG.69"
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1848:"Convoy OG.68"
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1821:"Convoy SL.77"
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1794:"Convoy OG.64"
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1170:Booth sent
1084:Philip Vian
1037:in Brazil.
895:to prevent
874:5,595
852:, with the
838:6-inch guns
781:Carmel Head
643:Misumi Maru
529:6-inch guns
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370:24 ft
339:7,403
330:Ocean liner
206:August 1931
187:Yard number
2476:1931 ships
2470:Categories
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1237:References
1134:Juno Beach
1119:Portsmouth
1069:Birkenhead
1027:Guantanamo
1015:Casablanca
998:. One hit
922:prize crew
920:and put a
918:Las Palmas
902:On 10 May
631:cargo ship
587:Royal Navy
467:378 troops
416:Propulsion
115:Royal Navy
21:HMS Hilary
1386:John 1959
1302:John 1959
1251:"Red Sea"
1229:HMS
1218:broken up
1188:chartered
1146:HMS
930:Gibraltar
810:Convoy HX
750:call sign
719:Föttinger
650:HMS
568:Liverpool
511:by 1935:
268:call sign
203:Completed
140:Liverpool
1318:"Hilary"
1277:"Hilary"
1224:See also
1178:In 1956
1142:flagship
1136:for the
1130:Spithead
1031:Trinidad
964:Scotland
956:Freetown
934:Gianna M
913:Gianna M
890:scuttled
812:70 from
789:Skerries
785:Anglesey
767:device.
663:Building
522:Armament
489:313 (as
450:Capacity
195:Launched
182:£219,000
89:Operator
69:Namesake
1231:Crispin
1184:Antwerp
1162:again.
1115:Salerno
970:on the
938:Belfast
910:tanker
872:Italian
635:Red Sea
620:tonnage
581:In the
558:British
432:single
379:⁄
367:Draught
336:Tonnage
169:Builder
47:History
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1714:. 1940
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1367:. 1933
1206:Hilary
1195:Hilary
1191:Hilary
1180:Hilary
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886:Azores
879:tanker
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861:Hilary
856:F 22.
850:Hilary
840:, one
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752:GQVM.
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652:Hilary
639:Hilary
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576:Brazil
572:Manaus
556:was a
553:Hilary
515:device
408:1,033
351:Length
228:162350
153:Manaus
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465:1943:
459:1931:
442:Speed
434:screw
397:Decks
389:Depth
211:Refit
160:Lagos
146:Route
79:Owner
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604:and
591:HMS
533:1 ×
527:2 ×
486:Crew
359:Beam
326:Type
313:Fate
179:Cost
162:1956
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