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- SS Polar Chief was a merchant steamship that was built in England in 1897 and scrapped in Scotland in 1952. In her 55-year career she had previously been called Montcalm, RFA Crenella, Crenella, Rey Alfonso, Anglo-Norse and Empire Chief. Early in the First World War she spent eight months pretending to be the battleship HMS Audacious. The ship was built in Newcastle upon Tyne as the cargo liner Montcalm. In the First World War she was a troop ship, a dummy battleship and a depot ship, and then in 1916 was converted into the oil tanker Crenella. She spent about 20 months in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, survived being hit by a torpedo in 1917, and returned to civilian service in 1919. In 1923 she was sold to Norwegian buyers who renamed her Rey Alfonso and had her converted to carry whale oil. In 1927 she was sold back to UK owners who renamed her Anglo-Norse and had her equipped as a whaling factory ship. In 1929 new owners bought her and renamed her Polar Chief. She was laid up in Norway in September 1939, but returned to Britain that December. In the Second World War the ship carried heavy fuel oil and other cargoes as well as whale products. In 1941 the Ministry of War Transport acquired her and renamed her Empire Chief. In 1942 she ran aground, but was refloated and repaired. In 1946 she was returned to commercial ownership and her name was returned to Polar Chief. In 1952 she was scrapped by two shipbreakers in the west of Scotland. (en)
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- *1897: 12 2nd Class passengers
*refrigerated cargo: (en)
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- *UK official number 106869
* 1897–1916: code letters PTDS
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* by 1913: w/t call sign MLZ
* pennant numbers X04, X71, YZ.143
* 1917–23: code letters JNLQ
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* 1923–29: code letters LDJN
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* 1930–52: call sign GFMT
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- *1897: Montcalm
*1914: "HMS Audacious"
*1916: RFA Crenella
*1918: Crenella
*1923: Rey Alfonso
*1927: Anglo-Norse
*1929: Polar Chief
*1941: Empire Chief
*1946: Polar Chief (en)
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- *1897: Marquis de Montcalm
*1916: the genus Crenella (en)
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- sister ships: , Monteagle, Montfort (en)
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- *1896: Elder, Dempster
*1898: Atlantic Transport Line
*1900: Elder, Dempster
*1903: Canadian Pacific
*1914: Royal Navy
*1916: Frederick Leyland
*1916: Lane & MacAndrews or Anglo-Saxon Petroleum for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
*1918: Anglo-Saxon Petroleum
*1920: Runciman & Co
*1923: Christian Nielsen & Co
*1927: HM Wrangell & Co
*1929: Hans Borge
*1929: Falkland Whaling Co
*1941: Christian Salvesen & Co Ltd
*1946: Falkland Whaling Company (en)
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- *1897: African SS Co
*1903: Elder, Dempster
*1903: Canadian Pacific Rly
*1916: Admiralty
*1917: Shipping Controller
*1919: Anglo-Saxon Petroleum
*1920: Velefa Shipping Co
*1924: LA Millis
*1924: Christian Nielsen & Co
*1925: HM Wrangell & Co
*1927: Anglo Norse Co
*1929: Falkland Whaling Co
*1941: Ministry of War Transport
*1946: Falkland Whaling Co (en)
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- *1 × triple expansion engine
*1 × screw (en)
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- *1897: Liverpool
*1916: London
*1923: Larvik
*1925: Haugesund
*1927: Tønsberg
*1929: Jersey
*1946: Leith (en)
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- *1898–1900: London – New York
*1900–02: New Orleans – Cape Town
*1903–14: Avonmouth – Montreal (en)
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- *by 1911: submarine signalling
*by 1931: wireless direction finding
*by 1948: echo sounding device, radar (en)
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- *1897: ,
*1900: ,
*1901: ,
*1916: ,
*1922: ,
*1929: ,
*1939: , (en)
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- *1897: cargo liner
*1914: troop ship
*1914–15: dummy battleship
*1915–16: Store ship
*1916–23: oil tanker
*1923–27: Whale oil tanker
*1927–52: Factory ship & whale oil tanker (en)
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- SS Polar Chief was a merchant steamship that was built in England in 1897 and scrapped in Scotland in 1952. In her 55-year career she had previously been called Montcalm, RFA Crenella, Crenella, Rey Alfonso, Anglo-Norse and Empire Chief. Early in the First World War she spent eight months pretending to be the battleship HMS Audacious. (en)
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- *1897: Montcalm (en)
- *1914: "HMS Audacious" (en)
- *1916: RFA Crenella (en)
- *1918: Crenella (en)
- *1923: Rey Alfonso (en)
- *1927: Anglo-Norse (en)
- *1929: Polar Chief (en)
- *1941: Empire Chief (en)
- *1946: Polar Chief (en)
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