RMS Antwerp
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TSS Antwerp was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway completed in 1920.[2]
NameTSS Antwerp
Operator
- 1920–1923: Great Eastern Railway
- 1923–1948: London and North Eastern Railway
- 1948–1951: British Railways
RouteHarwich to Antwerp
BuilderJohn Brown, Clydebank
RMS Antwerp, by A. J. Jansen | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | TSS Antwerp |
| Operator |
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| Route | Harwich to Antwerp |
| Builder | John Brown, Clydebank |
| Yard number | 493 |
| Launched | 26 October 1919 |
| Acquired | March 1920[1] |
| Out of service | 4 May 1951 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1951 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 2,957 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 330 feet (100 m) |
| Beam | 43 feet (13 m) |
| Draught | 18 feet (5.5 m) |
History
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The ship was built by John Brown of Clydebank for the Great Eastern Railway as one of a contract for two new steamers and launched on 26 October 1919.[3] In March 1920 she was placed on the Harwich to Antwerp route.[4]
In 1923 she was acquired by the London and North Eastern Railway. On 20 November 1932 she collided with the American steamer Hastings in a thick fog off Zeebrugge, but was only lightly damaged, and able to continue her voyage.[5]
She served as a Q-ship in World War I.[6]
She was acquired by British Railways in 1948 and scrapped in 1951 at Milford Haven.