SS Princess Maud (1902)

The SS Princess Maud was a single screw passenger/cargo steamship built 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:
  • 1902-1916: London and North Western Railway
  • 1916-1918: Commissioned fleet
  • 1908-1918: London and North Western Railway
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

  1. "Scottish Built Ships". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Princess Maud - 1902. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. "Ships hit during WWI - Princess Maud". uboat.net. Retrieved 28 February 2018.


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