SS Amsterdam (1950)
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| Builder: | John Brown, Clydebank |
| Yard number: | 659 |
| Launched: | 19 January 1950 |
| Out of service: | 27 January 1987 |
| Fate: | Sank |
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| Tonnage: | 5,092 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 377.1 feet (114.9 m) |
| Beam: | 54.5 feet (16.6 m) |
| Draught: | 15.2 feet (4.6 m) |
| Installed power: | 12000 shp |
| Propulsion: | 4 steam turbines |
TSS Amsterdam was a passenger vessel built for the British Railways in 1950.[1]
History
The ship was built by John Brown on Clydebank and launched on 19 January 1950. After a career as a passenger ferry for British Railways she was converted as a cruise ship for Chandris Line and renamed Fiorita. She sank in a storm in waters near Turkey and was later raised and used from 1973 as an accommodation ship. In 1980 she was renamed Ariane II. She capsized and sank in a storm at Fethiye, Turkey, on 27 January 1987.[2]
References
- ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ↑ "Chandris Line / Charlton Steam Shipping Company / Celebrity Cruises". The Ships List. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
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