The ship was built by John Brown on Clydebank to replace a ship of the same name Vienna of 1894. She was one of an order for three ships, the others being Prague and Amsterdam. She was launched on 10 April 1929 by Lady Barrie, wife of Sir Charles Barrie of Airlie Park, Broughty Ferry.[2] Lady Barrie was given a diamond and emerald brooch by the builders as a memento of the occasion.[3]
In 1932 she went to the aid of the Malines which had been holed in a collision in the River Scheldt. On reaching the sinking vessel she took on board 131 passengers and their baggage and transferred them to Antwerp.[4]
In 1941 the ship was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport and served time in the Mediterranean Sea off Algiers and Bari. In 1945 she returned to become a permanent leave ship for the British Army of the Rhine between Harwich and Hook of Holland.
She was withdrawn in 1960 and scrapped in Ghent.
References
^Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
^"Naming a Ship". Dundee Courier. Scotland. 12 April 1929. Retrieved 6 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Clyde-built Ship for L.N.E.R.". Dundee Courier. Scotland. 11 April 1929. Retrieved 6 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Race to Rescue of Sinking Ship". Gloucestershire Echo. England. 9 July 1932. Retrieved 6 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
January 12, 2023
vienna, 1929, vienna, passenger, freight, vessel, built, london, north, eastern, railway, 1929, historynametss, viennaoperator1929, 1941, london, north, eastern, railway, 1941, 1960, ministry, transportport, registrybuilderjohn, brown, clydebankyard, number527. TSS Vienna was a passenger and freight vessel built for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1929 1 HistoryNameTSS ViennaOperator1929 1941 London and North Eastern Railway 1941 1960 Ministry of War TransportPort of registryBuilderJohn Brown ClydebankYard number527Launched10 April 1929Out of service1960FateScrapped 1960General characteristicsTonnage4 218 gross register tons GRT Length366 feet 112 m Beam50 feet 15 m Draught15 3 feet 4 7 m History EditThe ship was built by John Brown on Clydebank to replace a ship of the same name Vienna of 1894 She was one of an order for three ships the others being Prague and Amsterdam She was launched on 10 April 1929 by Lady Barrie wife of Sir Charles Barrie of Airlie Park Broughty Ferry 2 Lady Barrie was given a diamond and emerald brooch by the builders as a memento of the occasion 3 In 1932 she went to the aid of the Malines which had been holed in a collision in the River Scheldt On reaching the sinking vessel she took on board 131 passengers and their baggage and transferred them to Antwerp 4 In 1941 the ship was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport and served time in the Mediterranean Sea off Algiers and Bari In 1945 she returned to become a permanent leave ship for the British Army of the Rhine between Harwich and Hook of Holland She was withdrawn in 1960 and scrapped in Ghent References Edit Duckworth Christian Leslie Dyce Langmuir Graham Easton 1968 Railway and other Steamers Prescot Lancashire T Stephenson and Sons Naming a Ship Dundee Courier Scotland 12 April 1929 Retrieved 6 November 2015 via British Newspaper Archive Clyde built Ship for L N E R Dundee Courier Scotland 11 April 1929 Retrieved 6 November 2015 via British Newspaper Archive Race to Rescue of Sinking Ship Gloucestershire Echo England 9 July 1932 Retrieved 6 November 2015 via British Newspaper Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SS Vienna 1929 amp oldid 1119184827, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
