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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
MUNICH |
123938 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1908 |
26/08/1908 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Passenger Ferry
| Steel Screw Steamer 2 masts |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank |
Clydebank |
384 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
2410 grt / 1019 nrt / |
343.0 ft |
43.0 ft |
26.5 ft |
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Engine builder |
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank |
Engine detail |
3 screws, Parsons steam turbines |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Great Eastern Railway Company, Harwich |
Harwich |
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Other names |
1914 ST DENIS - 1940 SKORPION - 1940 BARBARA |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1923 London & North Eastern Railway Company, Harwich 1940 German Navy - intended conversion to minelayer not completed 1945 Allied control - accommodation ship at Kiel to 1949 |
Vessel history |
Harwich-Hook passenger service WW1 army hospital ship WW2 troop transport |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1959 |
Broken Up 02/03/1950 |
Disposal Detail |
02/03/1950 arrived at Sunderland under tow for breaking by Thomas Young & Sons. |
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As hospital ship prior to renaming
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