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Name Official number Flag IMO
PRAGUE  161036  GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1930  18/11/1929  02/1930 
Vessel type Vessel description
Passenger Ferry  Steel Steam Turbine 2 masts 
Builder Yard Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank Clydebank  528 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
4218 grt / 1988 nrt / 350.8 ft  50.1 ft  26.0 ft   
Engine builder John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Engine detail
4 steam turbines SR geared to two screw shafts. 

First owner First port of register Registration date
London & North Eastern Railway, Harwich  Harwich   
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
1939 Trooping including Dunkirk
28/3/1944 left Aberdeen for North Shields and conversion to a Military Hospital Carrier for D-day and Normandy - Hospital Carrier No 61
11/6/1945 arrived at Southampton on her last voyage and paid off. 
Vessel history
 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1948  Burned 14/03/1948 
Disposal Detail
14/03/1948 caught fire and sank during refit at Clydebank after war service, refloated 06/05/1948
14/09/1948 arrived under tow at Barrow-in-Furness and broken up. 
 

 


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HMHS Praque at Southampton
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