SS Breda
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SS Breda was a Dutch cargo-passenger ship sunk in Scotland during World War II.
Construction
The ship was built at the Nieuwe Waterweg Scheepsbouwmaatschappij ("New Waterway Shipbuilding Company") yard at Schiedam for the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij ("Royal Netherlands Steamship Company"). Laid down on 16 December 1919, she was not launched until 2 July 1921, and finally completed on 10 December 1921. The Template:GRT ship was Script error: No such module "convert". long, and Script error: No such module "convert". wide, and was powered by two Metropolitan-Vickers steam turbine engines, giving her a top speed of Script error: No such module "convert".. She had five cargo holds, and could also accommodate up to 87 passengers.[1]
Ship history
After the invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940 the Breda fled to Britain, where she was placed under the control of the P&O Line, and armed with a single Script error: No such module "convert". gun.[2]
On 23 December 1940 she was laying off Oban, part of a convoy being assembled that was bound for Bombay. She carried a mixed general cargo that included 3,000 tons of cement, 175 tons of tobacco and cigarettes, three Hawker and 30 de Havilland Tiger Moth biplanes, army lorries, NAAFI crockery, copper ingots, rubber-soled sandals, banknote paper, ten horses and nine dogs.[2]
At dusk a group of Heinkel He 111 bombers flying from Stavanger, Norway, swept across the anchorage, and straddled the Breda with four Script error: No such module "convert". bombs. The force of the explosions ruptured a water inlet pipe, and the engine room was rapidly flooded, depriving the ship of power. She was quickly taken under tow, and beached in shallow water in Ardmucknish Bay. The next day, only a small part of her cargo had been offloaded before a storm swept her into deeper water where she sank to a mean depth of Script error: No such module "convert". at position Script error: No such module "Coordinates"..[3]
The ship has since become a popular dive site, marked by buoys.[3][4]
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