HMS Hector (F45)
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Hector |
| Namesake | Hector |
| Owner | Ocean Steam Ship Co |
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| Port of registry | Liverpool (1924–39) |
| Route | Liverpool – Far East |
| Builder | Scotts Shilbuilding & Eng Co |
| Cost | £419,254 |
| Yard number | 521 |
| Launched | 18 June 1924 |
| Completed | 19 September 1924 |
| Commissioned | 20 December 1939 |
| Reclassified | Armed merchant cruiser 1939–42 |
| Identification |
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| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Refrigerated cargo and passenger liner |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 498.8 ft (152.0 m) |
| Beam | 62.3 ft (19.0 m) |
| Draught | 26.4 ft (8.0 m) |
| Propulsion | steam turbines; twin screws |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Sensors & processing systems | wireless direction finding (by 1934) |
| Armament |
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| Notes |
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HMS Hector was a UK steam turbine passenger and refrigerated cargo liner launched in 1924. She was the fourth of six civilian ships to bear the name.
In the Second World War Hector was converted into an armed merchant cruiser. She was the eleventh HMS Hector in the history of the Royal Navy.
A Japanese air raid sank her in Ceylon in 1942. In 1946 she was raised and scrapped.