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The SS ''Nerissa'' was a passenger and cargo steamer which was torpedoed and sunk on 30 April 1941 during World War II by German U-boat ''U-552'' following 39 wartime voyages between Canada and Britain. She was the only transport carrying Canadian troops to be lost during World War II. ==History== ''Nerissa'' was the final ship built for the Bowring Brothers' "Red Cross Line" service between New York, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and St. John's, Newfoundland. Due to the arduous winter conditions to be expected on her routes, ''Nerissa'' was designed with a strengthened hull to cope with ice floes and an icebreaker style sloping stern. She was built in Port Glasgow by the shipbuilding company William Hamilton & Company Ltd in a remarkably short time; her owners only signed the contract for her construction on 3 November 1925, yet she was launched on 31 March 1926 in time for the 1926 sailing season. After preliminary trials she departed on her maiden voyage to New York on 5 June 1926. The Red Cross Line relied mainly on American tourist traffic and this was much affected by the Depression, until by 1927 it was decided to abandon the service, and at the end of 1928 the Line along with its three ships ''Nerissa'', ''Rosalind'', and ''Silvia was sold to Furness Withy. The ships then became part of the Bermuda & West Indies Steamship Co. Ltd., and the ''Nerissa'' continued on the New York, Halifax and St. Johns route until 1931 when she was switched to the New York to Bermuda run and also made voyages to Trinidad and Demerara. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Nerissa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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