SS Dronning Maud (1925)

68°41.917′N 017°26.367′E / 68.698617°N 17.439450°E / 68.698617; 17.439450

Dronning Maud in 1936
History
Norway
Name	Dronning Maud
Namesake	Queen Maud of Norway
Owner	Det Nordenfjeldske Dampskipsselskap[2]
Port of registry	Trondheim[2]
Route	Hurtigruten
Ordered	June 1924[4]
Builder	Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted[3]
Cost	2,000,000 kr[4]
Yard number	246[3]
Launched	8 May 1925[3]
Christened	30 June 1925[4]
Commissioned	3 July 1925[4]
Maiden voyage	30 June 1925[4]
In service	13 July 1925[2]
Out of service	1 May 1940[2]
Identification	Code letters: LDTR[1]
Fate	Sunk by German aircraft[2]
General characteristics
Type	Passenger/cargo ship (1925–1940) Troopship (1940)
Tonnage	1,489 gross register tons (GRT)[2]
Length	235 ft (71.63 m)[4]
Beam	11.5 ft (3.51 m)[3]
Propulsion	1,500 hp triple expansion steam engine[4]
Speed	16.25 knots (30.10 km/h; 18.70 mph) top speed, 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) at ordinary speed[4]
Capacity	400 passengers (1925)[2]
Armament	19–20 April 1940:[5] Colt M/29 machine guns

SS Dronning Maud was a 1,489 ton steel-hulled steamship built in 1925 by the Norwegian shipyard Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted in Fredrikstad.^[1] 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.