Empire Conveyor was a 5,911GRT shelter deck cargo ship that was built in 1917 as Farnworth by Richardson, Duck and Company,Thornaby-on-Tees, England. After a sale in 1924 she was renamed Illinois. In 1926, she was sold to France, and in 1934 to Greece and was renamed Mount Pentelikon. In 1939, she was sold to Germany and was renamed Gloria.
The ship was 400feet 3inches (122.00m) long, with a beam of 51feet 6inches (15.70m). She had a depth of 32feet 9inches (9.98m) and a draught of 25feet 111⁄2inches (7.912m). She was assessed at 5,711GRT, 3,589NRT.
The ship had nine corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of 192 feet (59m) heating her three single-ended 180 lbf/in2 boilers, which had a combined heating surface of 7,171 square feet (666m2). The boilers fed a 440 NHPtriple expansion steam engine that was built by Blair & Co Ltd of Stockton-on-Tees. It had cylinders of 27 inches (69cm), 441⁄2 inches (113cm) and 74 inches (190cm) diameter, by 48 inches (120cm) stroke and could propel the ship at 10 knots (19km/h).
Though soon outclassed by newer and larger vessels, Illinois was destined to enjoy a long and distinguished career, first as a transatlantic passenger liner and later as the U.S. Navy'sauxiliary vesselUSSSupply. In the 1870s, Illinois may have been the first ship to successfully transport a shipment of fresh meat from the United States to Europe, twenty years before the introduction of refrigeration. As USS Supply, the ship served in both the Spanish–American War and the First World War, and crew members may have been the first United States personnel to fire a hostile shot in the latter. Illinois was scrapped in 1928.
Although today the state's largest population center is around Chicago in the northern part of the state, the state's European population grew first in the west, with French Canadians who settled along the Mississippi River, and gave the area the name, Illinois. After the American Revolutionary War established the United States, American settlers began arriving from Kentucky in the 1810s via the Ohio River, and the population grew from south to north. In 1818, Illinois achieved statehood. After construction of the Erie Canal increased traffic and trade through the Great Lakes, Chicago was founded in the 1830s on the banks of the Chicago River, at one of the few natural harbors on southern Lake Michigan.John Deere's invention of the self-scouring steel plow turned Illinois' rich prairie into some of the world's most productive and valuable farmlands, attracting immigrant farmers from Germany and Sweden. Railroads carried immigrants to new homes, as well as being used to ship their commodity crops out to markets.
Illinois is the second studio album by American country music artist Brett Eldredge. It was released on September 11, 2015 via Atlantic Records Nashville. Its lead single, "Lose My Mind", was released to country radio on May 4, 2015. Eldredge co-wrote every song, and produced the album with Ross Copperman and Brad Crisler.
Critical reception
Giving it 4 out of 5 stars, Stephen Thomas Erlewine praised the album's R&B influences, saying that "Such soulfulness and sly stylistic diversity were largely absent on Bring You Back, a quite pleasing set of by-the-books radio country, and it certainly enlivens Illinois, but not at the expense of strong songs."
Commercial performance
Illinois entered the US Billboard 200 chart at number 3, selling 51,000 equivalent units in the week ending September 17 (including 44,000 traditional album sales). This marks the largest-selling week for an album in Eldredge's career, passing Bring You Back (2013), which sold 21,000 units in the first week on chart. In the second week it sold an additional 9,500 copies. As of January 2016, the album has sold 107,400 copies domestically.
SS Mali and SS Bangladesh were 2 sister ships owned by the Green star line
SS Mali
Construction: 1916-1917
launch: 1917
maiden voyage: September,8,1917
speed: 19 knots
decks: 6
crew: 700
tonnage: 27999 gross
fate: struck a rock and sank with SS Cameroon
period: 1917-1929
SS Bangladesh
construction: 1916-1917
launch: 1917
maiden voyage: September, 25, 1917
speed: 18 knots
decks: 6
crew: 701
tonnage: 28000 gross
fate: collided with TSS Nunavut and sank
period: 1917-1934
published: 29 Sep 2022
R.M.S TITAN 1915-1917
Este video representa unos de los lujosos barcos de la linea White Star line 2 en el siglo xx
published: 27 May 2017
Frank Lowden Sworn in as Illinois Governor 1917
Frank Orren Lowden (January 26, 1861 – March 20, 1943) was a Republican Party politician who served as the 25th Governor of Illinois and as a United States Representative from Illinois. While governor, he won wide notice for the major reorganization of state government he spearheaded. He introduced the budget system for state expenditure, thereby reducing the rate of taxation in spite of rising prices. He was a strong supporter of the death penalty, and when in 1918 both houses of the Illinois General Assembly voted to abolish capital punishment, he vetoed the bill. He was energetic in marshalling the resources of his state in support of the United States' World War I effort. In 1917, when the mayor of Chicago refused to interfere with a meeting of the People's Council, an organization acc...
published: 08 Jan 2021
CASTLE FILMS NEWS PARADE 1949 BERLIN BLOCKADE LIFTED SHANGHAI FALLS ATLANTIC PACT 70374d
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This black & white educational film, which was sold for home use, is about the news events of the year 1949.
Opening titles: Castle Films presents News Parade Of The Year 1949 (:06-:16). Title: S.S. Noronic Disaster. The passenger vessel S.S. Noronic is shown on fire at a Toronto, Canada pier. Gutted ship being examined by onlookers, debris in the water. 189 people die, many missing. Bodies removed by firemen. A survivor speaks and kisses her daughter (:17-1:12). Title: Berlin Blockade Ends. German troops, people on a train. People wait for supplies near a...
published: 01 Feb 2021
Company of Heroes (2013) - Taking Down the Nazis Scene (9/10) | Movieclips
Amazing Historic Graves in this Unbelievable Cemetery
Amazing Historic Graves in this Unbelievable Cemetery. Join me today as I take a walk through a historic cemetery in northern Illinois. We will find numerous Civil War veterans, a veteran from the War of 1812, plus a victim from the Eastland Disaster in 1915. There are some very historic graves here with links to major moments in American history. Join me today as we walk through historic Rockton Township Cemetery in Rockton, Illinois. Thanks for coming along today on Cemetery Explorations!
published: 04 Jul 2023
Captured And Sunk
Photographs of some of the ships sunk by the German submarine UC-21 during the early years of the First World War.
The "Heroism and Heartbreak” Project aims to rediscover and retell the stories of more than 260 Hartlepool sailors who lost their lives during the First World War – but we need your help. If you have a photograph, letter or diary from a Hartlepool family member who served in the Merchant Navy, Royal Navy or local Fishing Fleets during WW1 please contact us by e-mail: ([email protected]), telephone: 01429 242909, or by calling in to Hartlepool Central Library.
All of these stories, together with more than 9,000 photographs and a great deal of other fascinating facts and information relating to the port town of Hartlepool, can be viewed free of charge on our website ...
SS Mali and SS Bangladesh were 2 sister ships owned by the Green star line
SS Mali
Construction: 1916-1917
launch: 1917
maiden voyage: September,8,1917
speed: ...
SS Mali and SS Bangladesh were 2 sister ships owned by the Green star line
SS Mali
Construction: 1916-1917
launch: 1917
maiden voyage: September,8,1917
speed: 19 knots
decks: 6
crew: 700
tonnage: 27999 gross
fate: struck a rock and sank with SS Cameroon
period: 1917-1929
SS Bangladesh
construction: 1916-1917
launch: 1917
maiden voyage: September, 25, 1917
speed: 18 knots
decks: 6
crew: 701
tonnage: 28000 gross
fate: collided with TSS Nunavut and sank
period: 1917-1934
SS Mali and SS Bangladesh were 2 sister ships owned by the Green star line
SS Mali
Construction: 1916-1917
launch: 1917
maiden voyage: September,8,1917
speed: 19 knots
decks: 6
crew: 700
tonnage: 27999 gross
fate: struck a rock and sank with SS Cameroon
period: 1917-1929
SS Bangladesh
construction: 1916-1917
launch: 1917
maiden voyage: September, 25, 1917
speed: 18 knots
decks: 6
crew: 701
tonnage: 28000 gross
fate: collided with TSS Nunavut and sank
period: 1917-1934
Frank Orren Lowden (January 26, 1861 – March 20, 1943) was a Republican Party politician who served as the 25th Governor of Illinois and as a United States Repr...
Frank Orren Lowden (January 26, 1861 – March 20, 1943) was a Republican Party politician who served as the 25th Governor of Illinois and as a United States Representative from Illinois. While governor, he won wide notice for the major reorganization of state government he spearheaded. He introduced the budget system for state expenditure, thereby reducing the rate of taxation in spite of rising prices. He was a strong supporter of the death penalty, and when in 1918 both houses of the Illinois General Assembly voted to abolish capital punishment, he vetoed the bill. He was energetic in marshalling the resources of his state in support of the United States' World War I effort. In 1917, when the mayor of Chicago refused to interfere with a meeting of the People's Council, an organization accused of pro-Germanism, he ordered out the state troops to prevent the meeting. He favoured woman suffrage and the enforcement of the Volstead Act for war-time prohibition. He was opposed to the League of Nations without reservations, on the ground that it would create a super-state. He gained nationwide stature for his handling of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 and a simultaneous transit strike in Chicago.
Frank Orren Lowden (January 26, 1861 – March 20, 1943) was a Republican Party politician who served as the 25th Governor of Illinois and as a United States Representative from Illinois. While governor, he won wide notice for the major reorganization of state government he spearheaded. He introduced the budget system for state expenditure, thereby reducing the rate of taxation in spite of rising prices. He was a strong supporter of the death penalty, and when in 1918 both houses of the Illinois General Assembly voted to abolish capital punishment, he vetoed the bill. He was energetic in marshalling the resources of his state in support of the United States' World War I effort. In 1917, when the mayor of Chicago refused to interfere with a meeting of the People's Council, an organization accused of pro-Germanism, he ordered out the state troops to prevent the meeting. He favoured woman suffrage and the enforcement of the Volstead Act for war-time prohibition. He was opposed to the League of Nations without reservations, on the ground that it would create a super-state. He gained nationwide stature for his handling of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 and a simultaneous transit strike in Chicago.
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This black & white educational film, which was sold for home use, is about the news events of the year 1949.
Opening titles: Castle Films presents News Parade Of The Year 1949 (:06-:16). Title: S.S. Noronic Disaster. The passenger vessel S.S. Noronic is shown on fire at a Toronto, Canada pier. Gutted ship being examined by onlookers, debris in the water. 189 people die, many missing. Bodies removed by firemen. A survivor speaks and kisses her daughter (:17-1:12). Title: Berlin Blockade Ends. German troops, people on a train. People wait for supplies near a train. Title: Globe Circled Non-stop. Lucky Lady II, a U.S. Army Air Force B-50 Bomber takes off from Ft. Worth, TX. A globe shows where the plane is headed as it attempts to traverse the globe. The B-50 gets refueled in the sky. Lucky Lady II lands in Ft. Worth after circling the globe (1:13-2:57). Title: China Crisis. As Red Army presses its offensive, Shanghai residents sees increasing unrest. Communist sympathizers are executed in the streets. Police battle for control. Royal Navy cruiser stuck and battered. American and British begin to evacuate China. A nun and military leaders are shown leaving the city. Title: Legion's Biggest Show. Philadelphia, PA. American Legion parade honoring veterans of two World Wars. Parade marchers in costume, some as Native Americans (2:58-4:41). Title: Pope's 50th Anniversary. 50,000 Rome school children greet Pope Pius. A child sits with the Pope. Title: Atlantic Pact Signed. In April 1949, representatives from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal joined the United States in signing the NATO agreement. President of the United States Harry Truman speaks. Truman signs the bill. Title: Ecuador Earthquake. People run as the ground shakes and buildings fall. Thousands injured or dead. Those rescued are carried out. People search for the injured. Some injured are moved cautiously over raging waters with rope and pulleys. People move debris and people (4:42-7:01). Title: Mexican Volcano Erupts. Volcano erupts. Mount Paricutin spews smoke. Molten rock spews forth from the volcano, people try and get close to film it but the heat pushes them back. Title: Indianapolis Auto Classic. The 33rd International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was an automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 30, 1949. Drivers lose control and crash. A car crashes into a wall, loses a wheel, and bursts into flames. Other cars go around the flames. Bill Holland is the winner (7:02-8:38). End credits (8:39-8:43).
Lucky Lady II is a United States Air Force Boeing B-50 Superfortress that became the first airplane to circle the world nonstop. Its 1949 journey, assisted by in-flight refueling, lasted 94 hours and 1 minute. The plane later suffered an accident, and today only the fuselage is preserved.
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This black & white educational film, which was sold for home use, is about the news events of the year 1949.
Opening titles: Castle Films presents News Parade Of The Year 1949 (:06-:16). Title: S.S. Noronic Disaster. The passenger vessel S.S. Noronic is shown on fire at a Toronto, Canada pier. Gutted ship being examined by onlookers, debris in the water. 189 people die, many missing. Bodies removed by firemen. A survivor speaks and kisses her daughter (:17-1:12). Title: Berlin Blockade Ends. German troops, people on a train. People wait for supplies near a train. Title: Globe Circled Non-stop. Lucky Lady II, a U.S. Army Air Force B-50 Bomber takes off from Ft. Worth, TX. A globe shows where the plane is headed as it attempts to traverse the globe. The B-50 gets refueled in the sky. Lucky Lady II lands in Ft. Worth after circling the globe (1:13-2:57). Title: China Crisis. As Red Army presses its offensive, Shanghai residents sees increasing unrest. Communist sympathizers are executed in the streets. Police battle for control. Royal Navy cruiser stuck and battered. American and British begin to evacuate China. A nun and military leaders are shown leaving the city. Title: Legion's Biggest Show. Philadelphia, PA. American Legion parade honoring veterans of two World Wars. Parade marchers in costume, some as Native Americans (2:58-4:41). Title: Pope's 50th Anniversary. 50,000 Rome school children greet Pope Pius. A child sits with the Pope. Title: Atlantic Pact Signed. In April 1949, representatives from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal joined the United States in signing the NATO agreement. President of the United States Harry Truman speaks. Truman signs the bill. Title: Ecuador Earthquake. People run as the ground shakes and buildings fall. Thousands injured or dead. Those rescued are carried out. People search for the injured. Some injured are moved cautiously over raging waters with rope and pulleys. People move debris and people (4:42-7:01). Title: Mexican Volcano Erupts. Volcano erupts. Mount Paricutin spews smoke. Molten rock spews forth from the volcano, people try and get close to film it but the heat pushes them back. Title: Indianapolis Auto Classic. The 33rd International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was an automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 30, 1949. Drivers lose control and crash. A car crashes into a wall, loses a wheel, and bursts into flames. Other cars go around the flames. Bill Holland is the winner (7:02-8:38). End credits (8:39-8:43).
Lucky Lady II is a United States Air Force Boeing B-50 Superfortress that became the first airplane to circle the world nonstop. Its 1949 journey, assisted by in-flight refueling, lasted 94 hours and 1 minute. The plane later suffered an accident, and today only the fuselage is preserved.
We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference."
This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com
Company of Heroes - Taking Down the Nazis: The squad turns the tables on Beimier (Richard Sammel) and his men.
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Amazing Historic Graves in this Unbelievable Cemetery. Join me today as I take a walk through a historic cemetery in northern Illinois. We will find numerous ...
Amazing Historic Graves in this Unbelievable Cemetery. Join me today as I take a walk through a historic cemetery in northern Illinois. We will find numerous Civil War veterans, a veteran from the War of 1812, plus a victim from the Eastland Disaster in 1915. There are some very historic graves here with links to major moments in American history. Join me today as we walk through historic Rockton Township Cemetery in Rockton, Illinois. Thanks for coming along today on Cemetery Explorations!
Amazing Historic Graves in this Unbelievable Cemetery. Join me today as I take a walk through a historic cemetery in northern Illinois. We will find numerous Civil War veterans, a veteran from the War of 1812, plus a victim from the Eastland Disaster in 1915. There are some very historic graves here with links to major moments in American history. Join me today as we walk through historic Rockton Township Cemetery in Rockton, Illinois. Thanks for coming along today on Cemetery Explorations!
Photographs of some of the ships sunk by the German submarine UC-21 during the early years of the First World War.
The "Heroism and Heartbreak” Project aims to...
Photographs of some of the ships sunk by the German submarine UC-21 during the early years of the First World War.
The "Heroism and Heartbreak” Project aims to rediscover and retell the stories of more than 260 Hartlepool sailors who lost their lives during the First World War – but we need your help. If you have a photograph, letter or diary from a Hartlepool family member who served in the Merchant Navy, Royal Navy or local Fishing Fleets during WW1 please contact us by e-mail: ([email protected]), telephone: 01429 242909, or by calling in to Hartlepool Central Library.
All of these stories, together with more than 9,000 photographs and a great deal of other fascinating facts and information relating to the port town of Hartlepool, can be viewed free of charge on our website www.hhtandn.org
Photographs of some of the ships sunk by the German submarine UC-21 during the early years of the First World War.
The "Heroism and Heartbreak” Project aims to rediscover and retell the stories of more than 260 Hartlepool sailors who lost their lives during the First World War – but we need your help. If you have a photograph, letter or diary from a Hartlepool family member who served in the Merchant Navy, Royal Navy or local Fishing Fleets during WW1 please contact us by e-mail: ([email protected]), telephone: 01429 242909, or by calling in to Hartlepool Central Library.
All of these stories, together with more than 9,000 photographs and a great deal of other fascinating facts and information relating to the port town of Hartlepool, can be viewed free of charge on our website www.hhtandn.org
SS Mali and SS Bangladesh were 2 sister ships owned by the Green star line
SS Mali
Construction: 1916-1917
launch: 1917
maiden voyage: September,8,1917
speed: 19 knots
decks: 6
crew: 700
tonnage: 27999 gross
fate: struck a rock and sank with SS Cameroon
period: 1917-1929
SS Bangladesh
construction: 1916-1917
launch: 1917
maiden voyage: September, 25, 1917
speed: 18 knots
decks: 6
crew: 701
tonnage: 28000 gross
fate: collided with TSS Nunavut and sank
period: 1917-1934
Frank Orren Lowden (January 26, 1861 – March 20, 1943) was a Republican Party politician who served as the 25th Governor of Illinois and as a United States Representative from Illinois. While governor, he won wide notice for the major reorganization of state government he spearheaded. He introduced the budget system for state expenditure, thereby reducing the rate of taxation in spite of rising prices. He was a strong supporter of the death penalty, and when in 1918 both houses of the Illinois General Assembly voted to abolish capital punishment, he vetoed the bill. He was energetic in marshalling the resources of his state in support of the United States' World War I effort. In 1917, when the mayor of Chicago refused to interfere with a meeting of the People's Council, an organization accused of pro-Germanism, he ordered out the state troops to prevent the meeting. He favoured woman suffrage and the enforcement of the Volstead Act for war-time prohibition. He was opposed to the League of Nations without reservations, on the ground that it would create a super-state. He gained nationwide stature for his handling of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 and a simultaneous transit strike in Chicago.
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This black & white educational film, which was sold for home use, is about the news events of the year 1949.
Opening titles: Castle Films presents News Parade Of The Year 1949 (:06-:16). Title: S.S. Noronic Disaster. The passenger vessel S.S. Noronic is shown on fire at a Toronto, Canada pier. Gutted ship being examined by onlookers, debris in the water. 189 people die, many missing. Bodies removed by firemen. A survivor speaks and kisses her daughter (:17-1:12). Title: Berlin Blockade Ends. German troops, people on a train. People wait for supplies near a train. Title: Globe Circled Non-stop. Lucky Lady II, a U.S. Army Air Force B-50 Bomber takes off from Ft. Worth, TX. A globe shows where the plane is headed as it attempts to traverse the globe. The B-50 gets refueled in the sky. Lucky Lady II lands in Ft. Worth after circling the globe (1:13-2:57). Title: China Crisis. As Red Army presses its offensive, Shanghai residents sees increasing unrest. Communist sympathizers are executed in the streets. Police battle for control. Royal Navy cruiser stuck and battered. American and British begin to evacuate China. A nun and military leaders are shown leaving the city. Title: Legion's Biggest Show. Philadelphia, PA. American Legion parade honoring veterans of two World Wars. Parade marchers in costume, some as Native Americans (2:58-4:41). Title: Pope's 50th Anniversary. 50,000 Rome school children greet Pope Pius. A child sits with the Pope. Title: Atlantic Pact Signed. In April 1949, representatives from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal joined the United States in signing the NATO agreement. President of the United States Harry Truman speaks. Truman signs the bill. Title: Ecuador Earthquake. People run as the ground shakes and buildings fall. Thousands injured or dead. Those rescued are carried out. People search for the injured. Some injured are moved cautiously over raging waters with rope and pulleys. People move debris and people (4:42-7:01). Title: Mexican Volcano Erupts. Volcano erupts. Mount Paricutin spews smoke. Molten rock spews forth from the volcano, people try and get close to film it but the heat pushes them back. Title: Indianapolis Auto Classic. The 33rd International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was an automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 30, 1949. Drivers lose control and crash. A car crashes into a wall, loses a wheel, and bursts into flames. Other cars go around the flames. Bill Holland is the winner (7:02-8:38). End credits (8:39-8:43).
Lucky Lady II is a United States Air Force Boeing B-50 Superfortress that became the first airplane to circle the world nonstop. Its 1949 journey, assisted by in-flight refueling, lasted 94 hours and 1 minute. The plane later suffered an accident, and today only the fuselage is preserved.
We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference."
This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com
Amazing Historic Graves in this Unbelievable Cemetery. Join me today as I take a walk through a historic cemetery in northern Illinois. We will find numerous Civil War veterans, a veteran from the War of 1812, plus a victim from the Eastland Disaster in 1915. There are some very historic graves here with links to major moments in American history. Join me today as we walk through historic Rockton Township Cemetery in Rockton, Illinois. Thanks for coming along today on Cemetery Explorations!
Photographs of some of the ships sunk by the German submarine UC-21 during the early years of the First World War.
The "Heroism and Heartbreak” Project aims to rediscover and retell the stories of more than 260 Hartlepool sailors who lost their lives during the First World War – but we need your help. If you have a photograph, letter or diary from a Hartlepool family member who served in the Merchant Navy, Royal Navy or local Fishing Fleets during WW1 please contact us by e-mail: ([email protected]), telephone: 01429 242909, or by calling in to Hartlepool Central Library.
All of these stories, together with more than 9,000 photographs and a great deal of other fascinating facts and information relating to the port town of Hartlepool, can be viewed free of charge on our website www.hhtandn.org
Empire Conveyor was a 5,911GRT shelter deck cargo ship that was built in 1917 as Farnworth by Richardson, Duck and Company,Thornaby-on-Tees, England. After a sale in 1924 she was renamed Illinois. In 1926, she was sold to France, and in 1934 to Greece and was renamed Mount Pentelikon. In 1939, she was sold to Germany and was renamed Gloria.
The ship was 400feet 3inches (122.00m) long, with a beam of 51feet 6inches (15.70m). She had a depth of 32feet 9inches (9.98m) and a draught of 25feet 111⁄2inches (7.912m). She was assessed at 5,711GRT, 3,589NRT.
The ship had nine corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of 192 feet (59m) heating her three single-ended 180 lbf/in2 boilers, which had a combined heating surface of 7,171 square feet (666m2). The boilers fed a 440 NHPtriple expansion steam engine that was built by Blair & Co Ltd of Stockton-on-Tees. It had cylinders of 27 inches (69cm), 441⁄2 inches (113cm) and 74 inches (190cm) diameter, by 48 inches (120cm) stroke and could propel the ship at 10 knots (19km/h).