Prinses Josephine Charlotte (1930)

Later names:
HMS Prinses Josephine Charlotte LSI(S)-4238 (1940)

Builder:
Cockerill Yards
Hoboken, Belgium
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1930
Launched:
June 28, 1930
Type:
Passenger
Completed:
January 1931
Fate:
Scrapped at Antwerp, Belgium in 1951.


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:
2,938
HP:
15,400
Displacement:
N/A
Speed:
24 knots
Crew:
60 (207 wartime)
Funnels:
2
Passengers:
1,400 (250 troops)
Masts:
2


Notes
Last steamship built for the Oostende-Dover Line.
Sept. 28, 1940:
Requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted into a LSI(S). Pennant number LSI(S)-4238.
Oct. 25, 1945:
Returned to the Belgian Government.


Builder's Data
Page published Aug. 10, 2008