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Four steamships have borne the name Dronning Maud, after the Norwegian Queen Maud:

• SS Dronning Maud (1906) was a 1,761-ton Danish passenger/cargo ship launched on 10 August 1906, by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark. Renamed several times before being scrapped in Helsinki, Finland in 1967.
• SS Dronning Maud (1907) was a 1,102-ton Norwegian cargo ship completed in June 1907, by Laxevaag Maskin- og Jernskipsbyggeri, Bergen, Norway. Struck a mine laid by UC-1 and sank north-east of Southwold, England 1 September 1916.
• SS Dronning Maud (1917) was a 2,663-ton Norwegian cargo ship launched on 5 May 1917, by Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted in Fredrikstad, Norway. Torpedoed and sunk by U-34 on 22 April 1918, in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa in French Algeria.
• SS Dronning Maud (1925) was a 1,489-ton Norwegian passenger/cargo ship launched on 8 May 1925, by Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted in Fredrikstad, Norway. Bombed and sunk by German aircraft off Gratangen Municipality, Norway on 1 May 1940.

References

1. "Dronning Maud (5504852)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
2. "Dronning Maud (5602849)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
3. "Dronning Maud (1140437)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 September 2012.

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