SS Maasdam (1921)
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 Netherlands
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| 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) 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) and SS Anthea sank.[6]
References
- ↑ "NAVAL EVENTS, June 1941, Part 2 of 2, Sunday 15th – Monday 30th". Naval History. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ↑ "Maasdam". Uboat. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ↑ Joe Holley. "Education Volunteer Elizabeth Graham, 94." The Washington Post. Washingtonpost Newsweek Interactive. October 28, 2005. HighBeam Research, subscription required. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
- ↑ "Convoy FN 181". convoyweb.org.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ↑ "Maasdam Ship Movements". convoyweb.org.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ↑ "SS Anthea (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
Further reading
- Maasdam (1921) ship data. Plimsoll Ship Data.