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Rover (yacht)
Steam-powered yacht built by Alexander Stephen and Sons
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Rover |
| Builder | A Stephen & Sons, Linthouse |
| Renamed | Southern Cross, Orizaba (1939) |
| Fate | Scrapped c.
1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steam yacht |
| Tonnage | 2,115 Thames Measurement[1] |
| Length | 266 ft 5 in (81.20 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft 4 in (12.3 m) |
| Draught | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Installed power | 3,000 shp (2,200 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16 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