SS Prague (1929)

TSS Prague was a passenger and freight vessel built for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1929.[1]

Photo from 28 May 1930
History
Name: TSS Prague
Operator: London and North Eastern Railway
Port of registry:
Builder: John Brown, Clydebank
Yard number: 528
Launched: 18 November 1929
Out of service: 1948
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage: 4,220 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 350 feet (110 m)
Beam: 50 feet (15 m)

History

The ship was built by John Brown on Clydebank. She was one of an order for three ships, the others being Vienna and Amsterdam. She was launched on 18 November 1929. She arrived in Harwich Parkeston Quay on 22 February 1930.[2]

In June 1932 she collided with a Belgian fishing smack in dense fog which resulted in the fishing boat sinking in less than 2 minutes, and four of the five crew were drowned. [3]

At the outbreak of the Second World War the ship was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport and in 1944 served in the D-Day landings.

She was sent to Clydebank for refurbishing in 1947 but was severely damaged by fire, and sent for scrapping in September 1948.

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References
  1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. "The s.s. Prague". Chelmsford Chronicle. England. 28 February 1930. Retrieved 6 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Four fishermen drowned". Western Gazette. England. 3 June 1932. Retrieved 6 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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