SS Antenor (1924)

History
NameAntenor (1924–39; 1941–53) HMS Antenor (1939–41)
NamesakeAntenor
OwnerChina Mutual SN Co
Operator
Port of registry Liverpool (1924–39; 1941–53)
RouteLiverpool – Far East
BuilderPalmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co
Yard number945
Launched30 September 1924
CompletedMarch 1925
Acquired13 September 1939
CommissionedJanuary 1940
Reclassified
Identification
FateScrapped 1953
General characteristics
Typerefrigerated cargo and passenger liner
Tonnage
  • 11,174 GRT
  • tonnage under deck 8,590
  • 6,809 NRT
Length497.7 ft (151.7 m)
Beam62.2 ft (19.0 m)
Depth35 ft (11 m)
Propulsion4 × steam turbines; twin screws
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)
Capacityberths for first class passengers only
Sensors &
processing systems
wireless direction finding (by 1934)
Armament
Notes

SS Antenor was a UK steam turbine passenger and refrigerated cargo liner launched in 1924. She was the third of five ships to bear the name.

In the Second World War Antenor served first as an armed merchant cruiser and then as a troop ship.