SS Duchess of York (1928)

Duchess of York
History
United Kingdom
Name	Duchess of York
Namesake	Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Duchess of York
Owner	Canadian Pacific Railway Co
Operator	Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
Port of registry	London
Route	Liverpool – Quebec – Montreal (Apr–Nov) Liverpool – St John (Nov–Apr)
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number	524[1]
Launched	28 September 1928[1]
Completed	March 1929
Maiden voyage	22 March 1929
Identification	UK official number 161202 Code letters LCVN (until 1933) Call sign GSYN (from 1934)
Fate	Damaged by German air attack 11 July 1943. Sunk the next day by the Royal Navy.
General characteristics
Type	1928–40: Ocean liner 1940–43: Troop ship
Tonnage	20,021 GRT Tonnage under deck 11,063 (until 1934) Tonnage under deck 14,366 (from 1935) 11,816 NRT (until 1932) 11,822 NRT (1934–37) 11,722 NRT (from 1939)
Length	581.9 ft (177.4 m)
Beam	75.2 ft (22.9 m)
Draught	27 ft 6+3⁄4 in (8.4 m)
Depth	41.7 ft (12.7 m)
Decks	4
Installed power	3,557 NHP
Propulsion	Six steam turbines, twin propellers
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[1]
Capacity	As built 580 first class 480 tourist class 510 third class
Crew	510
Sensors and processing systems	Direction finding equipment Submarine signalling equipment (removed by 1937) Echo sounding equipment (added by 1937)
Notes	Sister ships: Duchess of Atholl, Duchess of Bedford, Duchess of Richmond

SS Duchess of York was one of a class of four steam turbine ocean liners built in Glasgow in 1927–29 for Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd's transatlantic service between Britain and Canada.

In the Second World War Duchess of York was converted into a troop ship. In 1943 an attack by enemy aircraft killed 27 people aboard her and left the ship burning and badly damaged. The Royal Navy sank her the next day.