Builder: Hawthorne Leslie and Co Ltd, Hebburn                         Yard No: 315 Launched: 12th August 1893 Tonnage: 5,865 grt Length: 420 feet Beam: 54 feet Machinery: Triple expansion engine,…

                                                                Builder: Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co, Jarrow.                 Yard No: 724 Launched: 17th May 1897 Tonnage: 6,983 grt Length: 445 ft Beam: 52.2 feet Machinery: Triple expansion engine, single shaft Speed: 12.5 knots (more…)

    Builder: Barclay Curle and Co, Whiteinch, Glasgow.                 Yard No: 307 Launched: 13th June 1882 Tonnage: 4,019 grt Length: 400 feet Beam: 43.2 feet (more…)

  Builder: Barclay Curle and Co, Whiteinch, Glasgow.             Yard No: 422 Launched: 31st March 1900 Tonnage: 7,392 grt Length: 446 feet Beam: 52 feet Machinery: Triple expansion engines, 2 shafts. Speed: 13 knots (more…)

                                       Builder: Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Wallsend             Yard No: 261 Launched: 22nd February 1901 Tonnage: 7,474 grt Length: 470 feet Beam: 56.2 feet Machinery: Triple expansion engine, single shaft. Speed: 13 knots (more…)

    Builder: Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Wallsend                     Yard No: 230 Launched: 17th August 1898 Tonnage: 8,747 grt Length: 470 feet Beam: 56 feet Machinery: Triple expansion engine, single shaft. Speed: 12 knots (more…)

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During the First World War the Admiralty requisitioned 14 ships, which were converted into Dummy Battleships.  These were a mixture of Cargo ships and Passenger Liners, which, with a bit of the ‘Blue Peter’ treatment of canvas and wood, were…