 West Cheswald was 6 @,@ 187 gross register tons ( GRT ) , and was 412 feet 1 inch ( 125 @.@ 60 m ) long ( between perpendiculars ) and 54 feet 6 inches ( 16 @.@ 61 m ) abeam . She had a steel hull with a hold that was 29 feet 9 inches ( 9 @.@ 07 m ) deep . She had a displacement of 12 @,@ 200 t with a mean draft of 24 feet 1 inch ( 7 @.@ 34 m ) . The ship had a single steam turbine that drove a single screw propeller , and moved the ship at up to 11 @.@ 5 knots ( 21 @.@ 3 km / h ) . 
