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Rover (yacht)

Steam-powered yacht built by Alexander Stephen and Sons

History
United Kingdom
NameRover
BuilderA Stephen & Sons, Linthouse
RenamedSouthern Cross, Orizaba (1939)
FateScrapped c.

1960

General characteristics
TypeSteam yacht
Tonnage2,115 Thames Measurement[1]
Length266 ft 5 in (81.20 m)
Beam40 ft 4 in (12.3 m)
Draught20 ft (6.1 m)
Installed power3,000 shp (2,200 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × four crank triple expansion engines.
  • 3 × 60-kilowatt (80 hp) turbo-generators
Speed16 knots (30 km/h)

Rover (later renamed Southern Cross, Orizaba) was a steam yacht built in 1930 by Alexander Stephen and Sons in Linthouse, Glasgow, Scotland for Lord Inchcape, then chairman of the P&O.

Built as yard number 527, she was 265 feet 5 inches (80.90 m) long with a beam of 40 feet 1 inch (12.22 

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