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designed to keep the cold store two degrees below freezing, was on the main deck. First class cabins amidships on the upper deck provided berths for 44 passengers, with a 40 ft × 24 ft (12.2 m × 7.3 m) saloon forward of the cabins. A staircase at the after end of the saloon led to a shade deck and two de luxe cabins and a private sitting room. The ship was equipped with
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was flush-decked, with 'tween decks, all sheathed in 2.5-inch (6.4 cm) steel, with six watertight bulkheads. The main deck was as clear as possible of structures, for deck passenger use with accommodations forward for crew and aft for stewards, clerks and ship's boys. The refrigeration plant,
504:. Her Australian and British officers were mostly Malay Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, and were asked to remain aboard. The ship's company, under the command of her peacetime captain, Richard E Borton, was augmented by reservists, some survivors of
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She had six corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of 124 square feet (12 m) that heated two single-ended
Barclay, Curle & Co. boilers with a combined heating surface of 4,390 square feet (408 m). These fed steam at 180
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built her. The Ranee of
Sarawak launched her on 10 November 1927, and she was completed in February 1928. The ship sailed from Leith for Singapore on 17 April 1928.
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was 41.3 ft (12.6 m), her depth was 16.1 ft (4.9 m), and her
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Japanese aircraft and sunk. Some of the survivors who reached
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requisitioned and armed her. Japanese aircraft sank her in 1942.
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Her registered length was 240.7 ft (73.4 m), her
710:. Sydney: Macmillan, Pan Macmillan Australia. p. 85.
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built by Ramage and
Ferguson. The engine was rated at 297
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908:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in February 1942
517:, and European and Malay professional seafarers.
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364:and a merchant ship frequently used between
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813:Foo, Vincent HK; Chin, Chai Foh (2001).
380:. At the outbreak of war with Japan the
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549:massacred by the Imperial Japanese Army
815:Story of The Sarawak Steamship Company
745:. London: Penguin Books. p. 142.
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836:. Kuching: The Sarawak Steamship Co.
817:. Kuching: The Sarawak Steamship Co.
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16:Scottish built royal yacht of Sarawak
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1602:Maritime incidents in February 1942
855:. Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia.
200:Sunk by aircraft, 14 February 1942
14:
779:"The Sinking of the Vyner Brooke"
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1627:Ships sunk by Japanese aircraft
686:of Shipping. 1934 – via
372:. She was named after the 3rd
1:
1612:Royal and presidential yachts
781:. The Australian War Memorial
488:the Royal Navy requisitioned
466:triple expansion steam engine
834:The Straits Steamship Fleets
676:Lloyd's Register of Shipping
496:aft, and depth charges, and
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798:. Donington: Shaun Tyas.
704:Shaw, Ian Winton (2010).
325:44 × 1st class passengers
266:16.1 ft (4.9 m)
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688:Southampton City Council
626:(1 March 1928): 46. 1928
297:triple-expansion engines
315:12 knots (22 km/h)
205:General characteristics
527:Bangka Island massacre
480:Royal Navy requisition
328:200+ × deck passengers
258: in (4.95 m)
794:Crabb, Brian (2006).
739:Smith, Colin (2005).
394:Ramage & Ferguson
352:was a Scottish-built
118:Ramage & Ferguson
1622:Ships built in Leith
851:Shaw, Ian W (2010).
650:Scottish Built Ships
521:Sinking and massacre
464:to a three-cylinder
378:Charles Vyner Brooke
85:Ritchie & Bisset
77:Sarawak Steamship Co
68:Charles Vyner Brooke
620:The Sarawak Gazette
587:The Sarawak Gazette
484:When Japan entered
450:wireless telegraphy
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832:Laxon, WA (2004).
356:that was both the
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742:Singapore Burning
545:Dutch East Indies
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502:Vyner Brooke
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498:commissioned
490:Vyner Brooke
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1412:Jacob Jones
1387:HNLMS
1380:HNLMS
1352:HNLMS
1322:Empire Celt
1260:HNLMS
1210:Empire Seal
1152:HNLMS
1141:HNLMS
1100:HNLMS
1072:Grasshopper
969:China Arrow
952:India Arrow
932:W. L. Steed
785:31 December
656:8 September
388:Description
358:royal yacht
339:royal yacht
244:16 ft
217:, 713
213:1,670
128:Yard number
1632:Steamships
1597:1927 ships
1591:Categories
1576:March 1942
1444:Marblehead
1395:R.P. Resor
1242:Miraflores
1234:USAT
1227:HMAS
1204:Don Isidro
1043:Skanderbeg
1024:HMCS
942:Talthybius
915:Shipwrecks
843:9834070713
824:9834070705
761:2007362297
752:0670913413
726:2010530252
630:30 January
597:30 January
555:References
494:Lewis guns
382:Royal Navy
290:Propulsion
1528:USS
1523:Greenling
1521:USS
1494:USS
1453:USS
1442:USS
1410:USS
1389:Kortenaer
1373:HMS
1366:USS
1359:HMS
1354:De Ruyter
1310:HMS
1274:Zealandia
1262:Piet Hein
1253:USS
1222:Mauna Loa
1179:USS
1168:Soerabaja
1159:USS
1136:Paramount
1134:USS
1121:USS
1102:Van Ghent
1077:HMS
1070:HMS
1059:HMS
1050:John Mahn
1035:HMS
1026:Spikenard
1017:USS
1008:Natsushio
1002:Lafayette
961:HMS
871:610570783
533:Singapore
506:HMS
366:Singapore
354:steamship
158:Call sign
144:Completed
108:Singapore
1519:28 Feb:
1503:25 Feb:
1496:Thresher
1492:24 Feb:
1482:22 Feb:
1472:20 Feb:
1465:Shch-421
1462:19 Feb:
1451:18 Feb:
1408:28 Feb:
1350:27 Feb:
1343:Cassimir
1340:26 Feb:
1333:disaster
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1308:23 Feb:
1292:22 Feb:
1285:Kurtuluş
1282:21 Feb:
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1150:18 Feb:
1123:Detector
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1068:14 Feb:
1057:13 Feb:
1033:12 Feb:
1015:11 Feb:
539:east of
427:tonnages
320:Capacity
136:Launched
82:Operator
63:Namesake
1617:Sarawak
1475:Koolama
1440:4 Feb:
1401:Tembien
1375:Jupiter
1368:Langley
1361:Electra
1268:Portmar
1248:Neptuna
1181:Truxtun
1174:Surcouf
1143:Van Nes
1112:Monagas
1061:Tempest
1048:V-1302
992:9 Feb:
982:6 Feb:
963:Arbutus
959:5 Feb:
949:4 Feb:
939:3 Feb:
923:2 Feb:
613:"Notes"
543:in the
541:Sumatra
514:Repulse
500:as HMS
439:derrick
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