HMS Rosaura

HMHS Dieppe
History
Name:	SS Dieppe (1905– ) HMS Dieppe (WWI) SS Dieppe ( –1933) MY Rosaura (1933– ) HMS Rosaura (–1941)
Owner:	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (1905– ) Royal Navy (WWI) London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ( –1922) Southern Railway (1923–33) W E Guinness (1933–40) Royal Navy (1940–41)
Port of registry:	Newhaven(1905– ) Royal Navy (WWI) Newhaven ( –1933) Cowes (1933–40) Royal Navy (1940–41)
Route:	Newhaven — Dieppe (1905–33)
Builder:	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan
Yard number:	439
Launched:	5 April 1905
Completed:	May 1905
Out of service:	18 March 1941
Identification:	UK official number 105655 code letters HCRB (1905–33)
Fate:	Struck a mine and sank
General characteristics
Tonnage:	1,210 GRT (1905– ) 1,426 GRT ( –1933) 1,538 GRT (1933–41) 301 NRT (1905– ) 565 NRT ( –1933)
Length:	273 ft 5 in (83.34 m)
Beam:	34 ft 8 in (10.57 m)
Depth:	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Installed power:	3 × steam turbines (1905–33) 2 × diesel engines (1933–41)
Propulsion:	Triple propellers (1905–33) Twin propellers (1933–41)
Speed:	22 knots (41 km/h) (1905–33) 15 knots (28 km/h) (1933–41)

Dieppe was a steam passenger ferry that was built in 1905 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. She was requisitioned during the First World War for use as a troopship and later as a hospital ship HMS Dieppe, returning to her owners postwar. She passed to the Southern Railway on 1 January 1923. In 1933 she was sold to W E Guinness and converted to a private diesel yacht, Rosaura. She was requisitioned in the Second World War for use as an armed boarding vessel, HMS Rosaura. She struck a mine and sank off Tobruk, Libya on 18 March 1941.

The ship was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan. She was yard number 439 and was launched on 6 April 1905 with completion in May 1905. The ship was 273 feet 5 inches (83.34 m) long, with a beam of 34 feet 8 inches (10.57 m) and a depth of 13 feet 8 inches (4.17 m). She was powered by three steam turbines, which were made by Fairfield. The turbines could propel her at a speed of 22 knots (41 km/h). When converted to a private yacht, the turbines were replaced by two 8-cylinder Atlas diesel engines. One of her propellers was removed as was one of her funnels. Her speed was reduced to 15 knots (28 km/h). As built, her GRT was 1,210. This had increased to 1,426 by 1930, and further increased to 1,536 in 1933.

Dieppe was built for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. She was used on their Newhaven — Dieppe route. She was requisitioned by the Royal Navy in the First World War for use as a troopship and a hospital ship. On 27 February 1916 she took aboard over 100 survivors from the 12,431 GRT P&O passenger liner Maloja, which was sunk by a mine off Dover.

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