SS Antenor (1924)

Overview

Antenor (1924–39; 1941–53) HMS Antenor (1939–41)

namesake	Antenor
owner	China Mutual SN Co
operator	* Alfred Holt & Co (1924–39; 1941–53) * Royal Navy (1939–41)
registry	* Liverpool (1924–39; 1941–53)
route	Liverpool – Far East
builder	Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co
yard number	945
launched	30 September 1924
completed	March 1925
acquired	13 September 1939
commissioned	January 1940
reclassified	armed merchant cruiser 1939–41, troop ship 1941–46
identification	UK official number 147292 code letters KSBV (until 1933) * call sign GLFC (1934 onward)
fate	Scrapped 1953

SS Antenor was a UK steam turbine passenger and refrigerated cargo liner launched in 1924. She was the third of five ships to bear the name.[1]

In the Second World War Antenor served first as an armed merchant cruiser and then as a troop ship.

Building

Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Ltd built Antenor at Jarrow, England.[2] She was launched on 30 September 1924 and completed in 1925.[3]

Antenor was the last of a set of four sister ships built for Alfred Holt and Company of Liverpool, who owned Blue Funnel Line and other shipping lines including China Mutual Steam Navigation Company.

SS Antenor (1924)

Building

Civilian service

World War II service

Post-war civilian service

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