RFA Maine (1924)
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rfa-maine-1924-292-15077333
title:
RFA Maine (1924)
text:
RFA Maine was a 7,432 GRT hospital ship which was built in 1924 as the ocean liner Leonardo da Vinci by SA Ansaldo, La Spezia, Italy for the Società di Navigazione Transatlantica Italiana. In 1941, she was captured by the British at Kismayu, Italian Somaliland. Declared a prize of war, she was passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Clyde, serving as a hospital ship for the British Army during the Second World War. In 1948, ownership was passed to the Admiralty and she
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1924–1954 steam ship
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFA_Maine_(1924)
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date modified:
2024-03-20T12:40:23Z
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