SS Dundee
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | SS Dundee |
| Operator: | Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Company, Dundee |
| Builder: | Caledon, Dundee |
| Yard number: | 221 |
| Launched: | 24 August 1911 |
| Completed: | November 1911 |
| Fate: | Sunk on 2 September 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Steam passenger/cargo ship |
| Tonnage: | 2,187 tons |
| Length: | 88.4 m (p/p) |
| Beam: | 12.6 m |
| Propulsion: | Single screw |
| Speed: | 15 knots |
SS Dundee was a steam passenger and cargo ship of the British Merchant Navy. She served during the First World War and was lost in 1917.
Career
The Dundee was built by Caledon shipbuilders at their Dundee yards, and was launched on 24 August 1911. She was completed in November that year and entered service with the Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Company. She sailed for them until the outbreak of the First World War, when she was requisitioned for use as an ocean boarding vessel. She was not a fully commissioned warship of the Royal Navy however, and did not carry the HMS prefix. On 16 March 1917 (see: Action of 16 March 1917) she was working in the Atlantic with HMS Achilles, when the German auxiliary cruiser Leopard was stopped. The Dundee sent out a boat to inspect the disguised vessel, upon which the Leopard opened fire and forced Dundee to move away. Achilles then opened fire on the Leopard, sinking her in a brief action.
Dundee's career did not last much longer however. On 2 September 1917 she was sighted sailing off the Scilly Isles by UC-49. The Dundee was torpedoed, and duly sank.