SS Copenhagen (1907)
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | TrSS Copenhagen |
| Operator: | Great Eastern Railway |
| Port of registry: |  |
| Route: | Harwich to Hook of Holland |
| Builder: | John Brown, Clydebank |
| Yard number: | 384 |
| Launched: | 22 October 1907 |
| Out of service: | 5 March 1917 |
| Fate: | Torpedoed and Sunk |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 2,570 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 331.3 feet (101.0 m) |
| Beam: | 43 feet (13 m) |
| Depth: | 17.9 feet (5.5 m) |
| Speed: | 22 knots |
TrSS Copenhagen was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1907.[1]
History
The ship was built by John Brown of Clydebank for the Great Eastern Railway as one of a contract for three new steamers and launched on 22 October 1907.[2] She was launched by Miss Ida Hamilton, daughter of the Chairman of the Great Eastern Railway Company.
She was placed on the Harwich to Hook of Holland route.[3]
On 5 March 1917 she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of the Noord Hinder Lightship by SM UC-61 with the loss of six lives.[4]
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