SS Dronning Maud (1925)
68°41.917′N 017°26.367′E / 68.698617°N 17.439450°E
Dronning Maud in 1936 | |
| History | |
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| Norway | |
| Name | Dronning Maud |
| Namesake | Queen Maud of Norway |
| Owner | Det Nordenfjeldske Dampskipsselskap |
| Port of registry | Trondheim |
| Route | Hurtigruten |
| Ordered | June 1924 |
| Builder | Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted |
| Cost | 2,000,000 kr |
| Yard number | 246 |
| Launched | 8 May 1925 |
| Christened | 30 June 1925 |
| Commissioned | 3 July 1925 |
| Maiden voyage | 30 June 1925 |
| In service | 13 July 1925 |
| Out of service | 1 May 1940 |
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| Fate | Sunk by German aircraft |
| General characteristics | |
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| Tonnage | 1,489 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 235 ft (71.63 m) |
| Beam | 11.5 ft (3.51 m) |
| Propulsion | 1,500 hp triple expansion steam engine |
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| Capacity | 400 passengers (1925) |
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SS Dronning Maud was a 1,489 ton steel-hulled steamship built in 1925 by the Norwegian shipyard Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted in Fredrikstad. Dronning Maud was ordered by the Trondheim-based company Det Nordenfjeldske Dampskipsselskap for the passenger and freight service Hurtigruten along the coast of Norway. She served this route as the company flagship until she was sunk under controversial circumstances during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign.