SS Amsterdam (1930)
For other ships with the same name, see SS Amsterdam.
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| Builder: | John Brown, Clydebank |
| Yard number: | 529 |
| Launched: | 30 January 1930 |
| Out of service: | 7 August 1944 |
| Identification: | British Official Number 161037 |
| Fate: | Sunk |
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| Tonnage: | 4,220 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 350.8 feet (106.9 m) |
| Beam: | 50.1 feet (15.3 m) |
| Depth: | 26 feet (7.9 m) |
TSS Amsterdam was a passenger and freight vessel built for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1930.[1]
History
The ship was built by John Brown on Clydebank. She was one of an order for three ships, the others being Vienna and Prague. She was launched on 30 January 1930.
On 14 October 1932 she brought Prince George, Duke of Kent back from his tour of Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands.[2]
In 1941 the Second World War the ship was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport and converted to a hospital ship. On 7 August 1944, she was sunk by a mine while taking casualties from Juno Beach, Calvados, France. A total of 55 patients, ten Royal Army Medical Corps staff, 30 crew and eleven prisoners of war were killed.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ↑ "The Prince's Return". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 14 October 1932. Retrieved 6 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "HMS Amsterdam II [+1944]". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ↑ Haws, Duncan (1993). Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern and North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Merchant Fleets. 25. Hereford: TCL Publications. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.
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