SS Dronning Maud

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.^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• 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, Algeria.^[3]
• 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 on 1 May 1940.

References

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