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Prince Charles (1930) |
Later names: |
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HMS Prince Charles LSI(S)-4120 (1940) |
Builder: |
Cockerill Yards Hoboken, Belgium |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Keel Laid: |
N/A |
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Year Built: |
1930 |
Launched: |
April 12, 1930 |
Type: |
Passenger |
Completed: |
October 1930 |
Fate: |
Scrapped in Antwerp, Belgium 1960-61. |
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Owner: |
Oostende-Dover Line (Belgian Government) Oostende, Belgium |
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Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
359' 5" |
Engines: |
2 Werkspoor single reduction geared steam turbines |
Beam: |
47' 5" |
Boilers: |
6 water tube type 370 psi. (oil fired) |
Draft: |
10' |
Shafts: |
2 |
Gross Tons: |
3,088 |
HP: |
15,400 |
Displacement: |
N/A |
Speed: |
24 knots |
Crew: |
60 (207 wartime) |
Funnels: |
2 |
Passengers: |
1,400 (250 troops) |
Masts: |
2 |
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History |
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May 17, 1940: |
From Ostend with refugees to Folkestone. |
May 19, 1940: |
At anchor in Southampton. |
June 11, 1940: |
Evacuation of people from St. Malo and Cherbourg sailing under the Ministry of War Transport. Completed on June 16. |
Sept. 21, 1940: |
Requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted into an LSI(S). Pennant number LSI(S)-4120. |
Mar. 6, 1941: |
Conversion to an LSI with 8 landing boats, hung from larger and heavier davits, in the Royal Dock Yard in Devonport. |
Apr. 30, 1941: |
Under bombardment in Plymouth. |
Dec. 26, 1941: |
Raid on Lofoten and Vaagø, Norway. |
Aug. 19, 1942: |
Commando raid on Dieppe. |
June 1943: |
To Mediterranean Sea for landings on Sicily , Messina and Palermo afterwards back |
June 6, 1944: |
Landing at Normandy (2nd U.S. Rangers, Task Force B and Canadian troops for Vierville). |
June 1945: |
Used as a troop transport ship to France. |
June 15, 1946: |
Converted and with an entirely renewed interior, went back in service on the |
Mar. 19, 1953: |
Collision in thick fog with SS Llantrisant . |
Aug. 27, 1959: |
Put as first ship in the new floating dry-dock of the marina, which was built by Beliard |
The information on this page was provided by Arne Pyson. |
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Page published Aug. 10, 2008 |