SS Munich (1908)

HMHS St Denis, by Alfred Jensen
History
Name
  • 1908: Munich
  • 1915: St. Denis
  • 1940: Skorpion
  • 1940: Barbara
Namesake1908: Munich
Owner
Operator
Port of registry1908: United Kingdom Harwich
RouteHarwich – Antwerp
BuilderJohn Brown & Co, Clydebank
Yard number384
Launched26 August 1908
Completed1908
Identification
Notesscrapped 1950
General characteristics
Typepassenger ferry
Tonnage2,410 GRT, 1,029 NRT
Length331.0 ft (100.9 m)
Beam43.2 ft (13.2 m)
Depth17.8 ft (5.4 m)
Decks2
Installed power1,325 NHP
Propulsion
Sensors and
processing systems
by 1910: submarine signalling
Notessister ships: Copenhagen, St Petersburg

SS Munich was a North Sea passenger ferry that was built in Scotland in 1908 for the Great Eastern Railway (GER). In the 1923 railway grouping she passed to the new London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). She was scrapped in England in 1950.

In 1914 she was requisitioned as a hospital ship and renamed St. Denis. Early in the Second World War St Denis was requisitioned as a troop ship. In 1940 the Kriegsmarine captured her and renamed her Skorpion, and then Barbara. She returned to Allied control in 1945.