SS Normannia (1911) - Misplaced Pages

British passenger vessel (1911-1940)

History

Name	TSS Normannia
Operator	1911–1948: London and South Western Railway 1923–1940: Southern Railway
Port of registry
Builder	Fairfield, Govan
Yard number	481
Launched	9 November 1911
Fate	Bombed and sunk 30 May 1940
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,567 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	290.3 feet (88.5 m)
Beam	36.1 feet (11.0 m)
Draught	15.3 feet (4.7 m)

TSS Normannia was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway in 1911.

History

The ship was built by the Fairfield Govan and launched on 9 November 1911. With her sister ship Hantonia they were put on the service between Southampton and Le Havre. They were the first cross-channel steamers to be fitted with single-reduction geared Parsons turbines, which gave the vessels a speed of over 20 knots but also cut down on the vibration experienced by cross-Channel passengers.

She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1914 and operated as a troopship during the First World War, she also brought home Elsie Cameron Corbett and others freed from captivity.

She was acquired by the Southern Railway in 1923.

On 30 May 1940 she was bombed and severely damaged during Operation Dynamo in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Dunkerque by Heinkel aircraft of the Luftwaffe. She was beached and abandoned.

References

Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
"Cross Channel Travel". Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald. England. 20 July 1912. Retrieved 17 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"A Profile of Archibald Cameron Corbett - Family Man". The Archibald Corbett Society. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
"SS Normannia (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

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LSWR operated ships	Ada Alberta Alice Alliance Alma Ardena Bertha Brittany (I) Brittany (II) Caesarea Cherbourg Columbia Courrier Diana Dora Ella Express Fannie Frederica Guernsey Frederica Hantonia Havre Hilda Honfleur Laura Lorina Lydia Lymington Mayflower Normandy Normannia Princess Ena Sarnia Solent (I) Solent (II) Solent (III) South Western (I) South Western (II) Southampton Stella Ulrica Vera Victoria Waverley Wolf Wonder
Jointly operated with the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway	Duchess of Albany Duchess of Connaught Duchess of Edinburgh Duchess of Fife Duchess of Kent Duchess of Norfolk Duchess of Richmond Princess Margaret Victoria

Ships operated by the London and South Western Railway

LSWR operated ships

Jointly operated with the
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

v t e Ships operated by the Southern Railway
Ex LB&SCR ships	Arundel Brighton Dieppe La France Newhaven Paris Rouen Sussex Versailles
Ex L&SWR ships	Ada Alberta Ardena Bertha Brittany (renamed Aldershot in 1933) Caesaria Cherbourg Hantonia Laura Lorina Lymington Normannia Princess Ena Ulrica Vera
Ex LB&SC and L&SWR joint ships	PS Duchess of Albany PS Duchess of Kent PS Duchess of Fife PS Duchess of Norfolk PS Princess Margaret
Ex SE&CR ships	Biarritz Canterbury Empress Engadine Invicta Maid of Orleans Riviera Victoria
Ships built for the SR	Arromanches Autocarrier Brighton Brittany Canterbury Deal Dinard Falaise Fratton Freshwater Hampton Ferry Haslemere Hythe Invicta Isle of Guernsey Isle of Jersey Isle of Sark Isle of Thanet Londres Maid of Kent Maidstone Merstone Minster Portsdown Ringwood Ryde Sandown Shepperton Ferry Shanklin Southsea St Briac Tonbridge Twickenham Ferry Worthing Whippingham Whitstable
Ships managed for the Ministry of War Transport	Empire Alde

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1940
Shipwrecks	1 May: Arlington, Dronning Maud, Uller 3 May: HMS Afridi, Bison 4 May: ORP Grom 5 May: Maianbar 8 May: Doris 10 May: Nordnorge, Goslar 11 May: Antilla 12 May: HMCS Gate Vessel 1 14 May: HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst, Batterijschip Ijmuiden, HNLMS Gerard Callenburgh, HNLMS Johan Maurits van Nassau, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, HNLMS O 8, HNLMS O 11, HNLMS O 12, HNLMS O 25, HNLMS O 26, HNLMS O 27, HNLMS Pieter Florisz 15 May: HMS Valentine 16 May: Chrobry 17 May: HNLMS Noordbrabant 18 May: HMS Effingham, Sirius 19 May: Belgica, HMS Whitley 21 May: L'Adroit 23 May: Jaguar, Orage 24 May: Chacal, HMS Wessex 25 May: ORP Orzeł 26 May: HMS Curlew 27 May: Cap Tafelneh 28 May: Abukir 29 May: HMS Grafton, HMS Grenade, Lorina, Mona's Queen, HMS Wakeful 30 May: Fenella, Bourrasque, HMS King Orry, Normannia 31 May: Siroco, U-13 Unkmnow date: Munich
Other incidents	5 May: HMS Seal 8 May: USS Tutuila 11 May: Amazone, HMS Shark, Statendam 12 May: HMS Revenge 14 May: Chrobry 17 May: Circé, Sibylle 20 May: Antiope, Sibylle 29 May: HMS Bideford, HMS Montrose Unknown date: Achille
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