Drina
Ship Number
428
Vessel Type
Passenger Ship
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
3
Launch Date
June 29, 1912
Delivered
January 16, 1913
Owner
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co
Weight
11483 grt
BP Length
500 feet
Breadth
62 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
13 knots
Propulsion
quadruple expansion engine with 8 cylinders of 23, 34, 48 & 69 inches diameter each pair; stroke 51 inches; 680 nominal horsepower; engine built by Harland and Wolff
Official No.
132027
Registered
Belfast
Fate
Torpedoed
Drina

[Harland and Wolff Collection]
Requisitioned for use as a hospital ship HMHS Drina; she was in fact the first merchant ship to be taken over for this service in World War 1.
 
HMHS Drina was returned to commercial use as there was a shortage of shipping that was fitted out with refrigeration facilities such as she had. The Drina could carry a large quantity of cargo, having holds insulated for the conveyance of chilled or frozen meat. “Capable of conveying 75,000 quarters of beef” and was also compartments insulated for dairy produce and fruit. “She was fitted with bilge keels for steadiness, ​and the water ballast consists of 2440 tons in 12 tanks.”
 
Torpedoed and sunk on 01 March 1917 outside Milford Haven, off Skokholm Island by UC-65. 15 lives lost.