Almanzora
Ship Number
441
Vessel Type
Passenger Ship
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
5
Launch Date
November 19, 1914
Delivered
October 7, 1915
Owner
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co
Weight
16034 grt
BP Length
570 feet
Breadth
67 feet
No. of Screws
Triple
Speed (approx)
15.25 knots
Propulsion
Official No.
136353
Registered
Belfast
Fate
Scrapped
 Almanzora

[Harland and Wolff Collection]

The Almanzora saw war service in the 10th Cruiser Squadron and at war's end arrived in Belfast for refurbishment which was completed in the January of 1920.
 
She entered service on the Southampton - River Plate route and remained thus until the outbreak of the Second World War.
 
For the whole of the war she was used as a Troopship in many theatres of the war and managed to complete her duties without incident. At war's end she continued in Government Service but this time as an emigrant ship until being laid up off Cowes, Isle of White in 1947.
 
Broke up in 1948 at Blyth, the work was carried out by the British Iron and Steel Corporation.
 
[Merchant Fleets, vol.5 by Duncan Haws.]