SS Anselm (1935)
Anselm under way | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Anselm |
| Namesake | Anselm of Canterbury |
| Owner | Booth Steamship Co |
| Operator | Booth Steamship Co |
| Port of registry | Liverpool |
| Route | Liverpool – Brazil |
| Builder | Wm Denny & Bros, Dumbarton |
| Cost | £158,876 |
| Yard number | 1276 |
| Launched | 15 October 1935 |
| Completed | 17 December 1935 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk by torpedo, 5 July 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type |
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| Tonnage | 5,954 GRT, 3,601 NRT |
| Length | 412.3 ft (125.7 m) |
| Beam | 55.7 ft (17.0 m) |
| Draught | 25 ft 6+3⁄4 in (7.79 m) |
| Depth | 25.8 ft (7.9 m) |
| Installed power | 696 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | at least 6 lifeboats |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 80 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Armament | DEMS |
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SS Anselm was a British turbine steamship of the Booth Steamship Company. She was built as a cargo and passenger liner in 1935 and requisitioned and converted into a troop ship in 1940. A German submarine sank her in 1941, killing 254 of those aboard.