MS Alcantara

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RMS Alcantara was a Royal Mail Lines ocean liner that was built in Belfast in 1926. She served in the Second World War first as an armed merchant cruiser and then a troop ship. She returned to civilian service in 1948 and was scrapped in 1958.

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HMS Alcantara; Kaisho Maru
speed 18 knot, length 202.99 metre, beam 23.92 metre, 
armed merchant cruiser, Harland and WolffRoyal NavyUnited Kingdom


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