The ship was built by John Brown on Clydebank. She was one of an order for three ships, the others being Vienna and Prague. She was launched on 30 January 1930.
On 14 October 1932, she brought Prince George, Duke of Kent back from his tour of Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands.[2]
Seventy five wounded soldiers were carried up and delivered into lifeboats, but two of the nurses, Dorothy Field, 32, and Mollie Evershed, 27, went back below and went down with the ship. They are the only two women whose names are on the British Normandy Memorial, with 22,000 men.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
^Gardner, Robert (29 February 2012). Kensington to St Valery en Caux: Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment, France and England, Summer 1940. History Press. ISBN978-0-7524-8361-0.
^Page 614. Sand and Steel: The D-Day Invasions and the Liberation of France. By Peter Caddick-Adams. Oxford University Press, 2019
amsterdam, 1930, other, ships, with, same, name, amsterdam, amsterdam, passenger, freight, vessel, built, london, north, eastern, railway, 1930, historyunited, kingdomname1930, 1941, amsterdam, 1941, 1944, hmhs, amsterdamoperator1930, 1941, london, north, east. For other ships with the same name see SS Amsterdam TSS Amsterdam was a passenger and freight vessel built for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1930 1 HistoryUnited KingdomName1930 1941 TSS Amsterdam 1941 1944 HMHS AmsterdamOperator1930 1941 London and North Eastern Railway 1941 1944 Royal NavyBuilderJohn Brown ClydebankYard number529Launched30 January 1930IdentificationUK Official Number 161037FateStruck a mine and sank 7 August 1944General characteristicsTonnage4 220 gross register tons GRT Length350 8 feet 106 9 m Beam50 1 feet 15 3 m Depth26 feet 7 9 m Contents 1 History 2 War Service 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory EditThe ship was built by John Brown on Clydebank She was one of an order for three ships the others being Vienna and Prague She was launched on 30 January 1930 On 14 October 1932 she brought Prince George Duke of Kent back from his tour of Denmark Sweden and the Netherlands 2 War Service EditIn September 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War the ship was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport for troop transport 3 This included transporting the 51st Highland Division and Princess Louise s Kensington Regiment from Southampton to Le Havre in April 1940 as part of the British Expeditionary Force 4 By 1944 she had been converted to a LSI H Landing Ship Infantry Hand hoisting She carried elements of the United States 2nd Ranger Battalion to Pointe du Hoc on D day 5 By 19 July 1944 she had been converted to a Hospital Carrier ship 6 On 7 August 1944 she was sunk by a mine while taking casualties from Juno Beach Calvados France 7 A total of 55 patients ten Royal Army Medical Corps staff 30 crew and eleven prisoners of war were killed 8 9 Seventy five wounded soldiers were carried up and delivered into lifeboats but two of the nurses Dorothy Field 32 and Mollie Evershed 27 went back below and went down with the ship They are the only two women whose names are on the British Normandy Memorial with 22 000 men 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 See also EditLily McNicholasReferences Edit Duckworth Christian Leslie Dyce Langmuir Graham Easton 1968 Railway and other Steamers Prescot Lancashire T Stephenson and Sons The Prince s Return Derby Daily Telegraph England 14 October 1932 Retrieved 6 November 2015 via British Newspaper Archive http forums clydemaritime co uk viewtopic php t 7462 dead link Gardner Robert 29 February 2012 Kensington to St Valery en Caux Princess Louise s Kensington Regiment France and England Summer 1940 History Press ISBN 978 0 7524 8361 0 Page 614 Sand and Steel The D Day Invasions and the Liberation of France By Peter Caddick Adams Oxford University Press 2019 http forums clydemaritime co uk viewtopic php t 7462 dead link wartimememoriesproject com ww2 ships ship php pid 6121 HMS Amsterdam II 1944 wrecksite eu Retrieved 8 October 2013 Haws Duncan 1993 Britain s Railway Steamers Eastern and North Western Companies Zeeland and Stena Merchant Fleets Vol 25 Hereford TCL Publications ISBN 0 946378 22 3 Fallen Heroes of Normandy Detail Hospital ships photographs Missing presumed dead Lost at sea Two female nurses honoured among 22 000 men BBC News Sister Mollie Evershed War Casualty Details CWGC The War Years Harwich amp Dovercourt History Facts amp Photos of Harwich British Normandy Memorial 3 April 2020 Sister Mollie Evershed Facebook This merchant ship article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SS Amsterdam 1930 amp oldid 1091929575, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
