Name SS Normandy Fate Torpedoed and sunk Length 58 m | Out of service 25 January 1918 Launched 12 May 1910 Draft 4.3 m | |
Operator 1910–1912London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
1912–1918London and South Western Railway Builder Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull Tonnage 618 gross register tons (GRT) | ||
SS Normandy was a passenger vessel built for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1910.
History
She was built by Earle’s Shipbuilding in Hull and launched on 12 May 1910 and christened Normandy by Mrs. Funnell.
She was sold by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway to the London and South Western Railway in 1912.
The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk on 25 January 1918 in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) east by north of the Cap de La Hague, Manche, France (49°46′N 1°44′W) by SM U-90 with the loss of fourteen lives.
References
SS Normandy (1910) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA