SS Normandy (1910)

History
France
Name	SS Normandy
Operator	1910–1912: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1912–1918: London and South Western Railway
Port of registry
Builder	Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull
Launched	12 May 1910
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk 25 January 1918
General characteristics
Tonnage	618 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	192 feet (59 m)
Beam	29.2 feet (8.9 m)
Draught	14.1 feet (4.3 m)

SS Normandy was a passenger vessel built for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1910.[1]

History

She was built by Earle’s Shipbuilding in Hull and launched on 12 May 1910[2] and christened Normandy by Mrs. Funnell.

She was sold by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway to the London and South Western Railway in 1912.

The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk on 25 January 1918 in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) east by north of the Cap de La Hague, Manche, France (49°46′N 1°44′W) by SM U-90 with the loss of fourteen lives.[3]

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. "There was yesterday launched…". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 13 May 1910. Retrieved 1 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Normandy". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2012.