SS Tirol

SS Tirol was a Austro-Hungarian hospital ship that was mined in the Adriatic Sea off Durazzo on 16 April 1916 but was salvaged and returned to service later that year. The ship was scrapped sometime in 1929 after being handed over to Italy.[1]

HS Tirol in the First World War.
History
Name:
  • SS Tirol (1901–1916)
  • HS Tirol (1916–1918)
  • Trento (1921–1929)
Namesake: Tirol, Trento
Owner: Lloyd Austriaco, Lloyd Triestino
Port of registry: / Trieste, Italy/Austria-Hungary
Launched: 28 September 1901
Completed: 5 January 1902
In service: 1901
Fate: Scrapped, 1929
General characteristics
Type: Hospital ship
Tonnage: 2,836 GRT

Construction

Tirol was launched on 28 September 1901 and completed on 5 January 1902 for service as a passenger ship for Lloyd Austriaco. The ship was assessed at 2,836 GRT.[2]

World War I Career
Tirol in use as a passenger ship in 1910.

Tirol was briefly used by the Austro-Hungarian Navy as a hospital ship between 17 August to 24 December 1914, before being returned to her previous owner. It was only when the Austro-Hungarian Army booked more success on their front of the First World War with the invasion of Montenegro and advances on the retreating Serbian army on the Albanian coast, that the hospital ships were reintroduced to service including Tirol. The ship returned to service on 4 January 1916 after being refitted at Fiume, sailing the Adriatic Sea.[1]

Despite her use as a hospital ship, Tirol came within close borders of becoming a casualty of war when on 16 April 1916, she hit a mine off Durazzo resulting in the deaths of 40 onboard. But before she could sink, another ship from the same company as her managed to tow her to the Austro-Hungarian naval base at Pula for repairs. She returned to service on 7 October 1916 and didn't experience any further incidents during the remainder of the war.[3]

End

In 1919 Tirol was transferred to Lloyd Triestino as a possible war repayment to Italy which Austria-Hungary fought against during the war. She returned to normal civil service and was renamed Trento in 1921. She was scrapped in 1929.[2]

References
  1. "AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN HOSPITAL SHIPS OF WORLD WAR I". ahnavy.net. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. "Tirol (5601765)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. "LLOYD TRIESTINO". earlofcruise.com. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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