SS Clan Macneil (1921)

For the Scottish clan by the same name, see Clan MacNeil

History

United Kingdom
Name:	SS Clan Macneil
Operator:	Clan Line Steamers Ltd, London
Builder:	Ayrshire Dockyard, Irvine, North Ayrshire Engines by Dunsmuir & Jackson, Glasgow
Yard number:	489
Launched:	1 December 1921
Completed:	February 1922
Homeport:	Glasgow
Fate:	Scrapped in 1952
General characteristics
Class & type:	Steam merchant ship
Tonnage:	6,111 grt
Length:	610 ft 6 in (186.08 m)
Beam:	53 ft 4 in (16.26 m)
Draught:	33 ft 3 in (10.13 m)
Propulsion:	Triple expansion steam engine producing 560nhp Bauer-Wach LP Exhaust Turbine fitted in 1930 producing 691nhp
Speed:	11 knots (20 km/h)

The SS Clan Macneil was a British cargo steamer of the Clan Line.

She was built by the Ayrshire Dockyard, Irvine, North Ayrshire and launched on 1 December 1921. As with the majority of the ships of the Clan Line, she was named after a Scottish clan, in this case Clan MacNeil. She served during the Second World War, and was scrapped at Port Glasgow in May 1952.

References

Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets: 1939. The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-023-X.
"1146281". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 3 June 2009. (subscription required (help)).
Gary, Lucas. "ss CLAN MACNEIL". Clydebuilt Ships Database. clydesite.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2009.

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