SS Fidelitas

History
NameFidelitas
Owner
  • Lancashire Shipping Company (1914-1937)
  • Minerva Steam Ship Company (1937-1939)
  • Società Anonima di Navigazione Mare Nostrum (1939-1943)
  • Reichsverkehrsministerium/Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa (1943–1944)
Port of registryGenoa
BuilderWilliam Hamilton & Company Ltd.
Launched14 April 1914
Out of service27 November 1944
Identification
  • JDFO (1914-1939)
  • Call sign
  • ICEI (1939-1943)
  • Call sign
  • DYAY (1943-1944)
  • Call sign
FateSunk by British aircraft off Ålesund in 1944
General characteristics
TypeFreighter
Tonnage5,826 GRT
Length129.3 m (424 ft 3 in)
Beam16.15 m (53 ft 0 in)
Draught9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)
Installed power568 hp (424 kW)
Propulsion1 x 3 triple expansion engine, single shaft, 1 screw
Speed9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)

SS Fidelitas (former SS Bolton Castle) was an Italian World War II blockade runner. The steamer, escorted by German minesweepers, ran from Biscay through the English Channel in 1942, en route to Rotterdam. Fidelitas later operated in Norwegian waters, under German flag, before being sunk by RAF aircraft off Ålesund in 1944.

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