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Name | SS Kingston Hill |
Namesake | Kingston Hill, south London |
Operator | Counties Ship Management Co Ltd, London |
Builder | William Hamilton & Co, Port Glasgow [1] |
Launched | 17 October 1940 |
Completed | December 1940 [1] |
Out of service | 8 June 1941 [2] |
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Fate | Sunk by torpedo |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 421.1 ft (128.4 m) [1] p/p |
Beam | 60.4 ft (18.4 m) [1] |
Draught | 35.8 ft (10.9 m) [1] |
Installed power | 520 NHP [1] |
Propulsion | triple-expansion steam engine; screw [1] |
Crew | 62 [2] |
Notes | sister ships: SS Lulworth Hill, SS Marietta E, SS Michael E, SS Primrose Hill |
SS Kingston Hill was a cargo ship built by William Hamilton & Co in Port Glasgow on the Firth of Clyde. She was completed in December 1940. [1] She was managed by Counties Ship Management Co Ltd of London (CSM), an offshoot of the Rethymnis & Kulukundis shipbroking company. [3] She was a sister ship of SS Lulworth Hill, SS Marietta E, SS Michael E and SS Primrose Hill, which were also managed by CSM but owned by other R&K companies.
Kingston Hill had a single 520 NHP triple-expansion steam engine [1] driving a single screw. She had eight corrugated furnaces heating two 225 lbf/in2 single-ended boilers with a combined heating surface of 7,643 square feet (710 m2), plus one auxiliary boiler. [1]
On 22 February 1941 Luftwaffe aircraft bombed and damaged the ship. [2] She was repaired at Glasgow. [2]
In May 1941 Kingston Hill sailed from Cardiff and Glasgow laden with coal and general cargo for Alexandria in Egypt. [2] To avoid the enemy-controlled waters of the Mediterranean she was heading via Cape Town, South Africa, but was unescorted. [2] She was southwest of the Cape Verde Islands heading into the South Atlantic when the German submarine U-38 hit her with two torpedoes at 0108 hrs on 8 June 1941. [2] She sank at 0125 hrs with the loss of her Master and 13 crew. [2] 16 crew were rescued by the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Achates and returned to Greenock. [2] 26 crew were rescued by the US tanker Alabama and landed at Cape Town. [2]
History | |
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Name | SS Kingston Hill |
Namesake | Kingston Hill, south London |
Operator | Counties Ship Management Co Ltd, London |
Builder | William Hamilton & Co, Port Glasgow [1] |
Launched | 17 October 1940 |
Completed | December 1940 [1] |
Out of service | 8 June 1941 [2] |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk by torpedo |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 421.1 ft (128.4 m) [1] p/p |
Beam | 60.4 ft (18.4 m) [1] |
Draught | 35.8 ft (10.9 m) [1] |
Installed power | 520 NHP [1] |
Propulsion | triple-expansion steam engine; screw [1] |
Crew | 62 [2] |
Notes | sister ships: SS Lulworth Hill, SS Marietta E, SS Michael E, SS Primrose Hill |
SS Kingston Hill was a cargo ship built by William Hamilton & Co in Port Glasgow on the Firth of Clyde. She was completed in December 1940. [1] She was managed by Counties Ship Management Co Ltd of London (CSM), an offshoot of the Rethymnis & Kulukundis shipbroking company. [3] She was a sister ship of SS Lulworth Hill, SS Marietta E, SS Michael E and SS Primrose Hill, which were also managed by CSM but owned by other R&K companies.
Kingston Hill had a single 520 NHP triple-expansion steam engine [1] driving a single screw. She had eight corrugated furnaces heating two 225 lbf/in2 single-ended boilers with a combined heating surface of 7,643 square feet (710 m2), plus one auxiliary boiler. [1]
On 22 February 1941 Luftwaffe aircraft bombed and damaged the ship. [2] She was repaired at Glasgow. [2]
In May 1941 Kingston Hill sailed from Cardiff and Glasgow laden with coal and general cargo for Alexandria in Egypt. [2] To avoid the enemy-controlled waters of the Mediterranean she was heading via Cape Town, South Africa, but was unescorted. [2] She was southwest of the Cape Verde Islands heading into the South Atlantic when the German submarine U-38 hit her with two torpedoes at 0108 hrs on 8 June 1941. [2] She sank at 0125 hrs with the loss of her Master and 13 crew. [2] 16 crew were rescued by the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Achates and returned to Greenock. [2] 26 crew were rescued by the US tanker Alabama and landed at Cape Town. [2]