Builder John Brown, Clydebank Out of service 7 August 1944 Length 107 m Beam 15 m | Yard number 529 Launched 30 January 1930 Depth 7.92 m | |
Name 19301941TSS Amsterdam
1941-1944HMHS Amsterdam Operator 1930-1941London and North Eastern Railway
1941-1944Royal Navy Identification British Official Number 161037 | ||
TSS Amsterdam was a passenger and freight vessel built for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1930.
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.
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.
References
SS Amsterdam (1930) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA