SS Maasdam (1921)

For other uses, see Maasdam (disambiguation).
SS Maasdam (1921)
History
Netherlands
Name: Maasdam
Acquired: 1921
Fate: Torpedoed June 26, 1941
General characteristics
Displacement: 8812 tons

SS Maasdam was a Convoy HX 133 cargo liner that was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Greenland (60°00′N 30°35′W / 60.000°N 30.583°W / 60.000; -30.583) by the German submarine U-564 on June 27, 1941, with the loss of two of the 80 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Havprins and another Norwegian ship.[1][2]

One of the people lost at sea was Ruth Bradley Woodman Breckinridge, ex-wife of Colonel Henry S. Breckinridge (Secretary of War under Harry S. Truman), mother of Elizabeth Breckinridge and mother-in-law of John Stephens Graham. Ruth Breckinridge traveled via the SS Maasdam for England where she was to work in London at a hospital as a house mother to Red Cross nurses.[3]

Prior to being sunk in 1941, it was in several convoys starting in May 26, 1940 with Convoy FN.181 between Southend and Methil.[4] It was part of other convoys between Halifax and Liverpool, Tyne and Southend and from Liverpool.[5] SS Maasdam collided with the British cargo ship Anthea off the coast of Canada (44°48′N 46°37′W / 44.800°N 46.617°W / 44.800; -46.617) and SS Anthea sank.[6]

References

  1. "NAVAL EVENTS, June 1941, Part 2 of 2, Sunday 15th – Monday 30th". Naval History. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  2. "Maasdam". Uboat. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  3. Joe Holley. "Education Volunteer Elizabeth Graham, 94." The Washington Post. Washingtonpost Newsweek Interactive. October 28, 2005. HighBeam Research, subscription required. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  4. "Convoy FN 181". convoyweb.org.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  5. "Maasdam Ship Movements". convoyweb.org.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  6. "SS Anthea (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 3 November 2011.

Further reading

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