SS Breda
Dutch ship sunk off Scotland in 1940 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SS Breda was a Dutch cargo-passenger ship sunk in Scotland during World War II.
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History | |
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Netherlands | |
Name | SS Breda |
Namesake | Breda |
Owner | Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij |
Builder | Nieuwe Waterweg Scheepsbouwmaatschappij, Schiedam |
Laid down | 16 December 1919 |
Launched | 2 July 1921 |
Completed | 10 December 1921 |
Identification | Call sign: PDGH |
Fate | Bombed and sunk, 23/24 December 1940 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Cargo-passenger ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 122.69 m (402 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 17.78 m (58 ft 4 in) |
Depth | 7.25 m (23 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Armament | 1 × 4.7-inch (119 mm) gun (1940) |
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