Category:La Dives (ship, 1897)

Ship[edit]

• Type: Passenger/cargo steamship
• Built by: N.V. Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw-Maatschappij, Amsterdam
• Yard No: 14
• Keel laid: 1896.10.15
• Launched: 1897.05.15
• Completed: 1897.08
• Length over all: 272.1 ft
• Beam: 36.7 ft
• GT: 2108
• DWT:
• www.marhisdata.nl
• wrecksite.eu
• uboat.net

History[edit]

• 1914 Named Prins Willem V; Flag: Netherlands
  • Call sign: PQSC
  • Port: Amsterdam
  • Owner: N.V. Koninklijke West-Indische Maildienst, Amsterdam
• 1915.11 Renamed La Dives; Flag: France
  • Call sign: HWFP
  • Port: Marseilles
  • Owner: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
• 1918.02.01 Torpedoed by UB-52 northwest of Cap Carbon, 37° 25'N, 4° 18'E