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''Polar Chief'' was an tanker which was built in 1897 as the cargo ship ''Montcalm''. In 1914 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty, serving initially as a troopship. In October 1914, she was converted to a dummy battleship and renamed HMS ''Audacious''. In 1915 she became a depot ship, followed by conversion to a tanker in 1916 when she was sold into Royal Fleet Auxiliary service and renamed RFA ''Crenella''. In 1917, she survived a torpedo attack off the coast of Ireland. In 1919, she was sold into merchant service as SS ''Crenella''. In 1923, she was sold to Norway and renamed ''Rey Alfonso''. In 1927, she was sold back to British owners and renamed ''Anglo-Norse''. In 1929, she was rebuilt as a whaler and renamed ''Polar Chief''. Although laid up in Tønsberg in September 1939, she escaped to the United Kingdom before Germany invaded Norway. ''Polar Chief'' was requisitioned and passed to the Ministry of War Transport, being renamed ''Empire Chief''. In January 1942, she ran aground off Reykjavík, Iceland. She was refloated and temporary repairs made to enable her to be returned to the United Kingdom for permanent repairs. In 1946, she was returned to her owners and renamed ''Polar Chief''. She served until 1952 when she was scrapped at a Clyde shipbreakers. ==Description== The ship was built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow on Tyne as yard number 724.〔 She was launched on 17 May 1897,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= S.S. Montcalm )〕 and completed in August 1897.〔 The ship was long, with a beam of and a depth of .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, STEAMERS & MOTORSHIPS 1930–31 )〕 She was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke.〔 Three double ended boilers supplied steam at . The engine developed and could propel the ship at .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Polar Chief」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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