Length (feet) : | 418.0 |
Breadth (feet) : | 53.5 |
Depth (feet): | 33.4 |
Gross Registered Tonnage (g.r.t.) : | 6,027 |
Net Registered Tonnage (n.r.t.) : | 3,764 |
Engine Type : | Steam Triple Expansion. 690nhp T.3 cyl 29, 49 & 80 -54190lb |
Engine Builder : | Richardson Westgarth, Hartlepool |
Additional Particulars : | Speed:- 13 knots. Completed October 1918; Official No. 135639: Code Letters JVLD |
Extract from Sea Breezws, No.122, February 1956:
Captain E.W.C. Beggs was in command of the Manchester Division on her maiden voyage to join a convoy off Plymouth during the First World War, when a German submarine was sighted preparing to launch an attack on the convoy. Without hesitation, Capt. Beggs gave orders to ram the submarine amidships. The U-boat's steel aerial was later found wrapped around the Manchester Division's propellor.
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