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SS Maasdam (1921)
History
Netherlands
NameMaasdam
Acquired1921
FateTorpedoed June 26, 1941
General characteristics
Displacement8812 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 / 60.000; -30.583) 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 / 44.800; -46.617) and SS Anthea sank.[6]

References

  1. ^ "NAVAL EVENTS, June 1941, Part 2 of 2, Sunday 15th – Monday 30th". Naval History. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Maasdam". Uboat. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  3. ^ Joe Holley. "Education Volunteer Elizabeth Graham, 94." The Washington Post. Washingtonpost Newsweek Interactive. October 28, 2005. HighBeam Research, subscription required. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  4. ^ "Convoy FN 181". convoyweb.org.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Maasdam Ship Movements". convoyweb.org.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  6. ^ "SS Anthea (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 3 November 2011.

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