RMS Duchess of Atholl - Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
RMS Duchess of Atholl - one of a class of four steam turbine ocean liners built in Glasgow in 1927-29 for Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd's transatlantic service between Britain and Canada. During WW2 she was converted into a troopship. In 1942 a U-boat sank her in the South Atlantic, killing four of Duchess of Atholl's crew, whilst 821 survivors were rescued
Picture No
14150065
Media ID
46839787
Size
5443px x 3389px
(3.5MB)
Credit
The Roseries Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed postcard (hand-tinted with watercolour by the sender)
Date
1934
