SS Meriones
Meriones | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Meriones |
| Namesake | Meriones |
| Owner | China Mutual Steam Nav Co Ltd |
| Operator | Alfred Holt & Co |
| Port of registry | Liverpool |
| Builder | Palmers Sb and Iron Co, Hebburn |
| Yard number | 921 |
| Launched | 19 August 1921 |
| Completed | September 1922 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Wrecked 25 January 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Refrigerated cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 459.7 ft (140.1 m) |
| Beam | 58.4 ft (17.8 m) |
| Depth | 26.2 ft (8.0 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 6,000 SHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 14.5 knots (27 km/h) |
| Capacity | 111,000 cubic feet (3,143 m3) |
| Sensors & processing systems | from 1934: wireless direction finding |
| Notes | One of a class of 11 sister ships |
SS Meriones was a Blue Funnel Line refrigerated cargo steamship. She was launched in 1921 on the River Tyne as one of a class of 11 ships to replace many of Blue Funnel's losses in the First World War.
In 1941 the Second World War Meriones became stranded on a sandbank in the North Sea. An attempt to salvage her was disrupted by enemy air attacks, and she became a total loss.
Blue Funnel Line named its ships after characters from Greek mythology. Meriones was a warrior in Homer's Iliad.