SS Copenhagen (1907)
Copenhagen under way | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Copenhagen |
| Namesake | Copenhagen |
| Owner | Great Eastern Railway |
| Operator | 1916: Admiralty |
| Port of registry | 1908: Harwich |
| Route | Harwich – Hook of Holland |
| Builder | John Brown & Co, Clydebank |
| Yard number | 380 |
| Launched | 22 October 1907 |
| Completed | December 1907 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | sunk by torpedo, 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | passenger ferry |
| Tonnage | 2,570 GRT, 1,092 NRT |
| Length | 331.2 ft (100.9 m) |
| Beam | 43.2 ft (13.2 m) |
| Depth | 17.8 ft (5.4 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 1,200 shp |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
| Capacity | passengers: 320 × 1st class; 130 × 2nd class |
| Sensors & processing systems | submarine signalling |
| Notes | sister ships: Munich, St Petersburg |
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SS Copenhagen was a North Sea passenger ferry that was built in Scotland in 1907. She was the Great Eastern Railway (GER)'s first turbine steamship. In 1916 she was requisitioned as an ambulance ship. A U-boat sank her in 1917 with the loss of six lives.