SS Copenhagen (1907)

Copenhagen under way
History
United Kingdom
NameCopenhagen
NamesakeCopenhagen
OwnerGreat Eastern Railway
Operator1916: United Kingdom Admiralty
Port of registry1908: United Kingdom Harwich
RouteHarwich – Hook of Holland
BuilderJohn Brown & Co, Clydebank
Yard number380
Launched22 October 1907
CompletedDecember 1907
Identification
Fatesunk by torpedo, 1917
General characteristics
Typepassenger ferry
Tonnage2,570 GRT, 1,092 NRT
Length331.2 ft (100.9 m)
Beam43.2 ft (13.2 m)
Depth17.8 ft (5.4 m)
Decks2
Installed power1,200 shp
Propulsion
Speed22 knots (41 km/h)
Capacitypassengers: 320 × 1st class; 130 × 2nd class
Sensors and
processing systems
submarine signalling
Notessister ships: Munich, St Petersburg

SS Copenhagen was a North Sea passenger ferry that was built in Scotland in 1907. She was the Great Eastern Railway (GER)'s first turbine steamship. In 1916 she was requisitioned as an ambulance ship. A U-boat sank her in 1917 with the loss of six lives.