RFA Maine (1924)
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 entered service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as RFA Maine. She served during the Korean War and was scrapped in 1954.
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RFA Maine (1924)
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 entered service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as RFA Maine. She served during the Korean War and was scrapped in 1954.
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Il Leonardo Da Vinci è stato u ...... uccessivamente come RFA Maine.
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RFA Maine was a 7,432 GRT hosp ...... War and was scrapped in 1954.
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1924-12-28
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Scrapped, 1954
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by capture, 1941
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*Ocean liner
*Hospital ship
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*Code Le ...... Kingdom Official Number 159356
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*Società di Navigazione Transatlantica Italiana
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*Società di Navigazione Transatlantica Italiana
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* Genoa
* Mombasa
* London
* Royal Fleet Auxiliary
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Il Leonardo Da Vinci è stato u ...... uccessivamente come RFA Maine.
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RFA Maine was a 7,432 GRT hosp ...... War and was scrapped in 1954.
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Leonardo Da Vinci (piroscafo 1925)
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RFA Maine (1924)
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*RFA Empire Clyde (1947-48)
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*RFA Maine (1948-54)
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*SS Empire Clyde (1943-47)
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*SS Leonardo da Vinci (1925-43)
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