Name TSS Bruges Yard number 494 Fate Bombed and Sunk Length 98 m Builder Clydebank | Route Harwich to Antwerp Out of service 11 June 1940 Launched 20 March 1920 Beam 13 m | |
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Operator 1920-1923Great Eastern Railway1923-1940London and North Eastern Railway | ||
TSS Bruges was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1920.
History
The ship was built by John Brown of Clydebank for the Great Eastern Railway as one of a contract for two new steamers and launched on 20 March 1920. She was launched by Lady Thornton
She was placed on the Harwich to Antwerp route.
In 1923 she was acquired by the London and North Eastern Railway.
She was requisitioned during the World War II as a troop transport ship and bombed and damaged on 11 June 1940 at Le Havre by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was beached to prevent her from sinking.
References
SS Bruges (1920) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA