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Completed: 1935
Displacement: 11,660 tons
Length: 501 ft 6 in
Beam: 66 ft 3 in
Draught: 29 ft 5 in
Speed: 15.5 kts
The ship was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an armed merchant cruiser. In the south Atlantic she remained from May to November 41 at Freetown Escort Force. From December 41 to February 42 she was assigned at South Atlantic Station.