SS Phryné

History
Name	Phryné
Owner	Société Navale Caennaise (Lamy G. & Cie)
Port of registry	Rouen, France
Builder	Société des Chantiers de Normandie - Laporte & Cie.
Completed	February 1939
Fate	Struck a mine and sunk 24 September 1939
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	2,660 GRT
Length	98.3 metres (322 ft 6 in)
Beam	13.3 metres (43 ft 8 in)
Depth	6.5 metres (21 ft 4 in)
Installed power	Triple expansion steam engine
Propulsion	Screw propeller
Speed	11 knots

SS Phryné was a French cargo ship that hit a mine laid by U-13 in the North Sea 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) off the Aldeburgh Lightship, while she was travelling from Immingham, United Kingdom to Bayonne, France.

Construction

Phryné was constructed in 1938 at the Société des Chantiers de Normandie - Laporte & Cie. shipyard in Rouen, France. She was completed in 1939.

The ship was 98.3 metres (322 ft 6 in) long, with a beam of 13.3 metres (43 ft 8 in) and a depth of 6.5 metres (21 ft 4 in). The ship was assessed at 2,660 GRT. She had a Triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller and one boiler. The engine was rated at 225 nhp.

Sinking

On 24 September 1939, Phryné was on a voyage from Immingham, United Kingdom to Bayonne, France when she hit a mine laid by the German submarine U-13 in the North Sea. The crew were rescued by the Royal Navy destroyers Boreas and Brazen. There were no casualties.^[1]

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