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HMHS St Denis , by Alfred Jensen
History Name
1908: Munich
1915: St. Denis
1940: Skorpion
1940: Barbara
Namesake 1908: Munich Owner
Operator
Port of registry 1908: Harwich Route Harwich – Antwerp Builder John Brown &Co , Clydebank Yard number 384 Launched 26 August 1908 Completed 1908 Identification
Notes scrapped 1950 General characteristics Type passenger ferry Tonnage 2,410 GRT , 1,029 NRT Length 331.0 ft (100.9 m ) Beam 43.2 ft (13.2 m ) Depth 17.8 ft (5.4 m ) Decks 2 Installed power 1,325 NHP Propulsion
Sensors and by 1910: submarine signalling Notes sister ships : Copenhagen St Petersburg
SS Munich North Sea passenger ferry that was built in Scotland in 1908 for the Great Eastern Railway (GER). In the 1923 railway grouping she passed to the new London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). She was scrapped in England in 1950.
In 1914 she was requisitioned as a hospital ship and renamed St. Denis Second World War St Denis was requisitioned as a troop ship . In 1940 the Kriegsmarine captured her and renamed her Skorpion Barbara Allied control in 1945.
Building [ edit ]
Munich was the second of three sister ships that John Brown & Company of Clydebank , Dumbartonshire built for the GER. She was preceded by Copenhagen [1] St Petersburg [2] Munich as yard number 384. A Miss Lawson launched her on 26 August 1908.[3] Sir Arthur Tredgold Lawson, Baronet , who was a GER director.
Munich ' s registered length was 331.0 ft (100.9 m ), her beam was 43.2 ft (13.2 m ) and her depth was 17.8 ft (5.4 m ). Her tonnages were 2,410 GRT and 1,029 NRT . She had three steam turbines and three screws . Each turbine drove its respective screw by direct drive . The combined power of her three turbines was rated at 1,325 NHP .
The GER registered Munich at Harwich . Her United Kingdom official number was 123938 and her code letters were HNJM. Her regular route was between Harwich and Antwerp .[7]
By 1910 Munich was equipped with submarine signalling and wireless telegraphy . By 1913 her call sign was PQM. By 1914 this had been changed to GPJ.
In 1914 the Admiralty requisitioned Munich , had her converted into a hospital ship, and renamed her St. Denis .[10] First World War she was returned to the GER, which in 1923 was absorbed by the new LNER. In 1932 the LNER relegated her to secondary services.[citation needed
By 1930 St. Denis ' call sign was GRNT. By 1934 this had superseded her code letters.
Early in the Second World War St Denis was requisitioned as a troop ship.[10] German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940 caught her in Amsterdam , so she was scuttled .[citation needed The Kriegsmarine had her raised, renamed her Skorpion , and started to have her converted into a minelayer .[10] Barbara and used as an accommodation ship .[citation needed
In 1945 the Allies found Barbara at Kiel , providing accommodation for Kiel University .[12] Sunderland , where she arrived on 2 March to be scrapped by Thomas Young and Sons.[7] [10]
References [ edit ]
^ "Copenhagen" . Scottish Built Ships . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2024 .
^ "St Petersburg" . Scottish Built Ships . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2024 .
^ "A new turbine steamer" Gloucestershire Chronicle . Gloucester. 29 August 1908. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ a b Haws 1993 [page needed
^ a b c d "Munich" . Scottish Built Ships . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 23 January 2024 .
^ "Ex P.O.W. Barbara arrives in Wear" Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette . Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive .
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1940
Shipwrecks
1 May: Arlington Dronning Maud Uller
3 May: HMS Afridi , Bison
4 May: ORP Grom
5 May: Maianbar
8 May: Doris
10 May: Nordnorge Goslar
11 May: Antilla
12 May: HMCS Gate Vessel 1
14 May: HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst , Batterijschip Ijmuiden HNLMS Gerard Callenburgh , HNLMS Johan Maurits van Nassau , Jan Pieterszoon Coen HNLMS O 8 , HNLMS O 11 , HNLMS O 12 , HNLMS O 25 , HNLMS O 26 , HNLMS O 27 , HNLMS Pieter Florisz
15 May: HMS Valentine
16 May: Chrobry
17 May: HNLMS Noordbrabant
18 May: HMS Effingham , Sirius
19 May: Belgica HMS Whitley
21 May: L'Adroit
23 May: Jaguar Orage
24 May: Chacal HMS Wessex
25 May: ORP Orzeł
26 May: HMS Curlew
27 May: Cap Tafelneh
28 May: Abukir
29 May: HMS Grafton , HMS Grenade , Lorina Mona's Queen HMS Wakeful
30 May: Fenella Bourrasque HMS King Orry , Normannia
31 May: Siroco U-13
Unkmnow date: Munich
Other incidents
1939 1940 1941 April 1940 June 1940
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