Gloucestershire
Ship Number
411
Vessel Type
Passenger / Cargo Ship
Built
Belfast
Yard
South Yard
Slip Number
6
Launch Date
July 7, 1910
Delivered
October 22, 1910
Owner
Bibby Steamship Co.
Weight
8324 grt
BP Length
467 feet
Breadth
54 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
14 knots
Propulsion
Official No.
131296
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Scrapped
Gloucestershire

[Harland and Wolff Collection]
Sister of the Leicestershire  she represented Bibby's at the Mersey Pageant on 11th July 1913.
 
In August 1914 she was requisitioned for trooping duties and in December 1915 was converted into the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Gloucestershire and served with the 10th Cruiser Squadron. She was deployed on 'E' Patrol between Shetland and Iceland with Royal Mail Line's Ebro.
 
In February 1916 she came under the control of the Minister of Blockade, Lord Robert Cecil.
 
Decommissioned in 1917 she returned to trooping and on 2nd February 1936 arrived at Pembroke Dock where she was broken up by Thomas W. Ward.  .