SS Normannia (1911)

British passenger vessel (1911-1940)

History
Name| TSS Normannia
Operator|

* 1911–1948: London and South Western Railway
* 1923–1940: Southern Railway

Port of registry|
Builder| Fairfield, Govan
Yard number| 481
Launched| 9 November 1911
Fate| Bombed and sunk 30 May 1940
General characteristics
Tonnage| 1,567 gross register tons (GRT)
Length| 290.3 feet (88.5 m)
Beam| 36.1 feet (11.0 m)
Draught| 15.3 feet (4.7 m)

TSS Normannia was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway in 1911.[1]

## History

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The ship was built by the Fairfield Govan and launched on 9 November 1911. With her sister ship Hantonia they were put on the service between Southampton and Le Havre. They were the first cross-channel steamers to be fitted with single-reduction geared Parsons turbines, which gave the vessels a speed of over 20 knots but also cut down on the vibration experienced by cross-Channel passengers.[2]

She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1914 and operated as a troopship during the First World War, she also brought home Elsie Cameron Corbett[3] and others freed from captivity.

She was acquired by the Southern Railway in 1923.

On 30 May 1940 she was bombed and severely damaged during Operation Dynamo in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Dunkerque by Heinkel aircraft of the Luftwaffe. She was beached and abandoned.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. ^ "Cross Channel Travel". Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald. England. 20 July 1912. Retrieved 17 November 2015 - via British Newspaper Archive.
3. ^ "A Profile of Archibald Cameron Corbett - Family Man". The Archibald Corbett Society. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
4. ^ "SS Normannia (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

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Ships operated by the London and South Western Railway

LSWR operated ships|

* Ada
* Alberta
* Alice
* Alliance
* Alma
* Ardena
* Bertha
* Brittany (I)
* Brittany (II)
* Caesarea
* Cherbourg
* Columbia
* Courrier
* Diana
* Dora
* Ella
* Express
* Fannie
* Frederica
* Guernsey
* Frederica
* Hantonia
* Havre
* Hilda
* Honfleur
* Laura
* Lorina
* Lydia
* Lymington
* Mayflower
* Normandy
* Normannia
* Princess Ena
* Sarnia
* Solent (I)
* Solent (II)
* Solent (III)
* South Western (I)
* South Western (II)
* Southampton
* Stella
* Ulrica
* Vera
* Victoria
* Waverley
* Wolf
* Wonder

Jointly operated with the
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway|

* Duchess of Albany
* Duchess of Connaught
* Duchess of Edinburgh
* Duchess of Fife
* Duchess of Kent
* Duchess of Norfolk
* Duchess of Richmond
* Princess Margaret
* Victoria

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Ships operated by the Southern Railway

Ex LB&SCR ships|

* Arundel
* Brighton
* Dieppe
* La France
* Newhaven
* Paris
* Rouen
* Sussex
* Versailles

Ex L&SWR ships|

* Ada
* Alberta
* Ardena
* Bertha
* Brittany (renamed Aldershot in 1933)
* Caesaria
* Cherbourg
* Hantonia
* Laura
* Lorina
* Lymington
* Normannia
* Princess Ena
* Ulrica
* Vera

Ex LB&SC and L&SWR joint ships|

* PS Duchess of Albany
* PS Duchess of Kent
* PS Duchess of Fife
* PS Duchess of Norfolk
* PS Princess Margaret

Ex SE&CR ships|

* Biarritz
* Canterbury
* Empress
* Engadine
* Invicta
* Maid of Orleans
* Riviera
* Victoria

Ships built for the SR|

* Arromanches
* Autocarrier
* Brighton
* Brittany
* Canterbury
* Deal
* Dinard
* Falaise
* Fratton
* Freshwater
* Hampton Ferry
* Haslemere
* Hythe
* Invicta
* Isle of Guernsey
* Isle of Jersey
* Isle of Sark
* Isle of Thanet
* Londres
* Maid of Kent
* Maidstone
* Merstone
* Minster
* Portsdown
* Ringwood
* Ryde
* Sandown
* Shepperton Ferry
* Shanklin
* Southsea
* St Briac
* Tonbridge
* Twickenham Ferry
* Worthing
* Whippingham
* Whitstable

Ships managed for
the Ministry of War Transport|

* Empire Alde

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1940

Shipwrecks|

* 1 May: Arlington, Dronning Maud, Uller
* 3 May: HMS Afridi, Bison
* 4 May: ORP Grom
* 5 May: Maianbar
* 8 May: Doris
* 10 May: Nordnorge, Goslar
* 11 May: Antilla
* 12 May: HMCS Gate Vessel 1
* 14 May: HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst, Batterijschip Ijmuiden, HNLMS Gerard Callenburgh, HNLMS Johan Maurits van Nassau, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, HNLMS O 8, HNLMS O 11, HNLMS O 12, HNLMS O 25, HNLMS O 26, HNLMS O 27, HNLMS Pieter Florisz
* 15 May: HMS Valentine
* 16 May: Chrobry
* 17 May: HNLMS Noordbrabant
* 18 May: HMS Effingham, Sirius
* 19 May: Belgica, HMS Whitley
* 21 May: L'Adroit
* 23 May: Jaguar, Orage
* 24 May: Chacal, HMS Wessex
* 25 May: ORP Orzeł
* 26 May: HMS Curlew
* 27 May: Cap Tafelneh
* 28 May: Abukir
* 29 May: HMS Grafton, HMS Grenade, Lorina, Mona's Queen, HMS Wakeful
* 30 May: Fenella, Bourrasque, HMS King Orry, Normannia
* 31 May: Siroco, U-13
* Unkmnow date: Munich

Other incidents|

* 5 May: HMS Seal
* 8 May: USS Tutuila
* 11 May: Amazone, HMS Shark, Statendam
* 12 May: HMS Revenge
* 14 May: Chrobry
* 17 May: Circé, Sibylle
* 20 May: Antiope, Sibylle
* 29 May: HMS Bideford, HMS Montrose
* Unknown date: Achille

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