SS Duchess of York (1928)
Duchess of York
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| Name: | SS Duchess of York |
| Namesake: | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Duchess of York |
| Owner: |
 Canadian Pacific Steamships
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| Port of registry: | London,  UK
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| Route: | Liverpool to Quebec, Montreal (Apr-Nov), Liverpool to Saint John, New Brunswick(Nov-Apr) |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Yard number: | 524 |
| Launched: | 28 September 1928 |
| Completed: | March 1929 |
| Maiden voyage: | 22 March 1929 |
| Fate: | Crippled by German air attack 11 July 1943 and sunk the next day by the Royal Navy |
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| Tonnage: | 20,021 GRT |
| Length: | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Beam: | 22.9 m (75 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbines, twin screw |
| Speed: | 18 kn (33 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 580 cabin class, 480 tourist, 510 3rd |
| Crew: | 510 |
SS Duchess of York was a 20,021 ton ocean liner operated by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company. Built in 1928 in Clydebank by the shipbuilders John Brown & Company, she was originally intended to be named Duchess of Cornwall. However agreement was reached with Red Funnel company to swap names with the latter's paddle steamer Duchess of York, launched in 1896.
She was sunk in 1943 off Spain after being damaged by long range German bombers.
Duchess of York was one of the several sturdy Canadian Pacific liners which were known as the "Drunken Duchesses" for their lively performance in heavy seas. She was built as a sister ship to the SS Duchess of Bedford, the SS Duchess of Atholl, and the SS Duchess of Richmond. The vessel was created for transatlantic service; and she was employed on the Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal route. During the winter months when the St. Lawrence was frozen (typically November to April), she sailed to Saint John, New Brunswick.
Her first captain between 1929 and 1934 was Ronald Niel Stuart, VC whose First World War service record entitled him to fly the Blue Ensign whilst he was aboard. Following his departure, the liner was employed briefly on the New York CIty to Bermuda route before returning to her original passage.
In 1940, Duchess of York left Greenock on 27 July 1940, bound for Halifax taking evacuated children under the Children's Overseas Reception Board. She returned to England and made a second trip taking another batch of children from Liverpool on 10 August 1940, bound for Canada.
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