SS Amsterdam (1950)

TSS Amsterdam was a passenger vessel built for the British Railways in 1950.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see SS Amsterdam.
History
Name:
  • 1950-1970: TSS Amsterdam
  • 1970-1980: TSS Fiorita
  • 1980-1987: TSS Ariane II
Operator:
Port of registry:
Builder: John Brown, Clydebank
Yard number: 659
Launched: 19 January 1950
Out of service: 27 January 1987
Identification: IMO number: 5015440
Fate: Sank
General characteristics
Tonnage: 5,092 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 377.1 feet (114.9 m)
Beam: 54.5 feet (16.6 m)
Draught: 15.2 feet (4.6 m)
Installed power: 12000 shp
Propulsion: 4 steam turbines

History

The ship was built by John Brown on Clydebank and launched on 19 January 1950. After a career as a passenger ferry for British Railways she was converted as a cruise ship for Chandris Line and renamed Fiorita. She sank in a storm in waters near Turkey and was later raised and used from 1973 as an accommodation ship. In 1980 she was renamed Ariane II. She capsized and sank in a storm at Fethiye, Turkey, on 27 January 1987.[2]

References
  1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. "Chandris Line / Charlton Steam Shipping Company / Celebrity Cruises". The Ships List. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
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