SS Princess Maud (1902)

This article is about the ship built in 1902. For the ship built in 1934, see TSS Princess Maud (1934).

History
NameSS Princess Maud[1]
Owner1902-1918: London and North Western Railway
Operator
  • 1902-1916: London and North Western Railway
  • 1916-1918: Commissioned fleet
  • 1908-1918: London and North Western Railway
Port of registry114008
BuilderNapier and Miller, Yoker yard
Launched14 November 1901
FateTorpedoed and sunk 10 June 1918
General characteristics
TypeSteel screw steamer
Tonnage1566[2]
Length256.5 feet (78.2 m)
Beam36.7 feet (11.2 m)
Depth16.4 feet (5.0 m)

The SS Princess Maud was a single screw passenger/cargo steamship completed in 1902 for the London and North Western Railway.[1]

She was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea about 5 miles (8.0 km) north east by north from Blyth, Northumberland on 10 June 1918 by a German submarine variously quoted to be UB-88 or UB-34.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b "Scottish Built Ships". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Princess Maud - 1902. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b Tennant, A. J. (1 April 2006). British Merchant Ships Sunk by U-boats in World War One (2 ed.). Periscope Publishing Ltd. p. 150. ISBN 978-1904381365.
  3. ^ "Ships hit during WWI - Princess Maud". uboat.net. Retrieved 28 February 2018.