RMS Antwerp (1919)
 RMS Antwerp, by A. J. Jansen
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | TSS Antwerp |
| Operator |
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| Route | Harwich to Antwerp |
| Builder | John Brown, Clydebank |
| Yard number | 493 |
| Launched | 26 October 1919 |
| Out of service | 4 May 1951 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1951 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 2,957 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 330 feet (100 m) |
| Beam | 43 feet (13 m) |
| Draught | 18 feet (5.5 m) |
TSS Antwerp was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1919.[1]
History
[edit]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 26 October 1919.[2] She was placed on the Harwich to Antwerp route.[3]
In 1923 she was acquired by the London and North Eastern Railway. On 20 November 1932 she collided with the American steamer Hastings in a thick fog off Zeebrugge, but was only lightly damaged, and able to continue her voyage.[4]
She served as a Q-ship in World War I.[5]
She was acquired by British Railways in 1948 and scrapped in 1951.
References
[edit]- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ "A geared turbine steamer". Chelmsford Chronicle. England. 31 October 1919. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets – Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern and North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.
- ^ "Steamers collide in fog". Edinburgh Evening News. Scotland. 21 November 1932. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Gibson, R. H.; Prendergast, Maurice (2002). German Submarine War 1914–1918. Periscope Publishing. p. 47. ISBN 9781904381082.