SS Equipoise
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Equipoise (1941-1942)
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner | International Freighting Corporation |
| Builder | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. |
| Yard number | 457 |
| Launched | 27 December 1905 |
| Completed | 16 March 1906 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk 27 March 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 6,210 GRT |
| Length | 131.1 metres (430 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 16.6 metres (54 ft 6 in) |
| Depth | 9.8 metres (32 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power | 1 x 3 cyl. Triple expansion steam engine |
| Propulsion | Screw propeller |
| Speed | 12 knots |
| Crew | 54 |
| Armament |
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SS Equipoise was a Panamanian cargo ship that was torpedoed by the German submarine U-160 in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south east of Cape Henry, Virginia, United States, on 27 March 1942.
Equipoise was launched on 27 December 1905 and completed on 16 March 1906 at the Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.[1] The ship was 131.1 metres (430 ft 1 in) long, had a beam of 16.6 metres (54 ft 6 in) and had a depth of 9.8 metres (32 ft 2 in). She was assessed at 6,210 GRT and had one three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller. The ship could generate 784 nominal horsepower with a speed of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). She was also armed with a 4-inch (100 mm) deck gun on the stern and four machine guns of which two were mounted on the bridge and two on the stern, all of which the crew were trained to handle.[2]
