The SS Princess Maud was a single screw passenger/cargo steamship completed in 1902 for the London and North Western Railway.[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS Princess Maud[1] |
| Owner | 1902-1918: London and North Western Railway |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry | 114008 |
| Builder | Napier and Miller, Yoker yard |
| Launched | 14 November 1901 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk 10 June 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steel screw steamer |
| Tonnage | 1566[2] |
| Length | 256.5 feet (78.2 m) |
| Beam | 36.7 feet (11.2 m) |
| Depth | 16.4 feet (5.0 m) |
She was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea about 5 miles (8.0 km) north east by north from Blyth, Northumberland on 10 June 1918 by a German submarine variously quoted to be UB-88 or UB-34.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Scottish Built Ships". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Princess Maud - 1902. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ a b Tennant, A. J. (1 April 2006). British Merchant Ships Sunk by U-boats in World War One (2 ed.). Periscope Publishing Ltd. p. 150. ISBN 978-1904381365.
- ^ "Ships hit during WWI - Princess Maud". uboat.net. Retrieved 28 February 2018.