SS River Clyde
SS River Clyde was a 3,913 GRT British collier built by Russell & Co of Port Glasgow on the Firth of Clyde and completed in March 1905. In the First World War the Admiralty requisitioned her for the Royal Navy and in 1915 she took part in the Gallipoli landings. After the war she was repaired and sold to Spanish owners, with whom she spent a long civilian career trading in the Mediterranean before being scrapped in 1966.
River Clyde at V Beach on the Gallipoli peninsula, showing disembarkation ports cut in her starboard side. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | River Clyde |
| Namesake | River Clyde, Scotland |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Builder | Russell & Co, Port Glasgow |
| Yard number | 537 |
| Launched | 23 February 1905 |
| Completed | March 1905 |
| Out of service | 1915 |
| Fate | Sold to The Admiralty |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | River Clyde |
| Acquired | 1915 |
| Out of service | 1920 |
| Spain | |
| Name | Angela |
| Owner | A Pardo |
| Port of registry | Santander |
| Acquired | 1920 |
| Out of service | 1928 |
| Spain | |
| Name |
|
| Owner | Gumersindo Junquera Blanco |
| Port of registry | Gijón |
| Acquired | 7 December 1928 |
| Out of service | 27 August 1937 |
| Identification | signal code HCPJ (as Maruja y Aurora) |
| Fate | Seized by Spanish Nationalists, assigned to Spanish National Navy |
| Nationalist Spain | |
| Name | Maruja y Aurora |
| Acquired | 27 August 1937 |
| Out of service | 1939 |
| Fate | Returned to former owners |
| Spain | |
| Name | Maruja y Aurora |
| Owner |
|
| Port of registry | Gijón |
| Acquired | 1939 |
| Out of service | 1965 |
| Identification | signal code HCPJ |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | collier |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 344.8 ft (105.1 m) |
| Beam | 49.8 ft (15.2 m) |
| Draught | 17.9 ft (5.5 m) |
| Installed power | 374 NHP |
| Propulsion | Kincaid & Co. 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine; single screw |
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