Prince Leopold (1930)

Later names:
HMS Prince Leopold LSI(S)-4251 (1940)

Builder:
Cockerill Yards
Hoboken, Belgium
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1930
Launched:
November 30, 1929
Type:
Passenger
Completed:
July 1930
Fate:
Sunk July 29, 1944 by U-621 (GNAT).

Location: English Channel, 18 miles southeast of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight.
(50.27N - 00.56W)

54 men killed, unknown number of survivors.


Owner
Oostende-Dover Line
(Belgian Government)
Oostende, Belgium


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 (208 wartime)
Funnels:
2
Passengers:
1,400 (205 troops)
Masts:
2


History
May 1940:
From Ostende with refugees. Afterwards to St. Malo, Cherbourg and Brest for
evacuation of British troops for the Ministry of War Transport.
Sept. 22, 1940:
Requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted into an LSI(S). Pennant number LSI(S)-4251.
Converted at Devonport Dockyard.
Dec. 28, 1941:
Raids on Lofoten and Vaagsø, Norway.
Aug. 19, 1942:
Raid on Dieppe.
June 1943:

To Gibraltar and Algiers.
July 1943:
Landings on Sicily. Troop transport to Algiers, Malta and Sicily.
June 6, 1944:
Landings in Normandy (Sword beach).
July 29, 1944:
Sunk by U-621.


Builder's Data
Page published Aug. 10, 2008