SS Binnendijk
| History | |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | |
| Name | Binnendijk |
| Owner | NASM |
| Operator | Holland America Line |
| Port of registry | Rotterdam |
| Builder | I.M. 'De Noord', Alblasserdam |
| Yard number | 131 |
| Launched | 30 June 1921 |
| Completed | 18 December 1921 |
| Maiden voyage | 24 December 1921 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | mined, 7 October 1939 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | NASM "B" class |
| Type | cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 6,873 GRT, 4,240 NRT, 9,939 DWT |
| Length |
|
| Beam | 54.3 ft (16.6 m) |
| Draught | 30 ft 2 in (9.19 m) |
| Depth | 36.6 ft (11.2 m) |
| Decks | 2 + shelter deck |
| Installed power | 648 NHP, 3,000 SHP |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 42 |
| Sensors & processing systems | wireless direction finding (by 1937) |
| Notes | one of a class of eight sister ships |
SS Binnendijk was a Holland America Line (NASM) cargo steamship. She was one of NASM's "B" class ships: the company's first cargo ships to be powered by steam turbines. Binnendijk was built in South Holland in 1921, and sunk by a mine in the English Channel in 1939. She was the first ship that NASM lost in the Second World War. Her wreck off the coast of Dorset, England is now a wreck diving site, nicknamed "The Benny".
Some sources anglicise the ship's name to Binnendyk. However, Lloyd's Register always recorded her as Binnendijk.