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RFA Maine was a 7,432 GRT hospital ship which was built in 1924 as the ocean liner Leonardo da Vinci by SA Ansaldo, La Spezia, Italy for the Società di Navigazione Transatlantica Italiana. In 1941, she was captured by the British at Kismayu, Italian Somaliland. Declared a prize of war, she was passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Clyde, serving as a hospital ship for the British Army during the Second World War. In 1948, ownership was passed to the Admiralty and she entered service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as RFA Maine. She served during the Korean War and was scrapped in 1954.

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  • RFA Maine was a 7,432 GRT hospital ship which was built in 1924 as the ocean liner Leonardo da Vinci by SA Ansaldo, La Spezia, Italy for the Società di Navigazione Transatlantica Italiana. In 1941, she was captured by the British at Kismayu, Italian Somaliland. Declared a prize of war, she was passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Clyde, serving as a hospital ship for the British Army during the Second World War. In 1948, ownership was passed to the Admiralty and she entered service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as RFA Maine. She served during the Korean War and was scrapped in 1954. (en)
  • Il Leonardo Da Vinci è stato un piroscafo misto italiano, violatore di blocco durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Dopo la cattura da parte britannica è stato utilizzato come nave ospedale come Empire Clyde e successivamente come RFA Maine. (it)
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  • 1924-12-28 (xsd:date)
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  • Scrapped, 1954
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  • by capture, 1941 (en)
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  • 1947 (xsd:integer)
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  • Scrapped, 1954 (en)
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  • Korea (en)
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  • *Code Letters NVJA * *Code Letters IBPS * *Code Letters VRTV * *Code Letters GCFB * *Italian Official Number 1306 *United Kingdom Official Number 159356 (en)
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  • 1924-12-28 (xsd:date)
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  • *SS Leonardo da Vinci *SS Empire Clyde *RFA Empire Clyde *RFA Maine (en)
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  • *Società di Navigazione Transatlantica Italiana (en)
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  • *Società di Navigazione Transatlantica Italiana (en)
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  • * Genoa * Mombasa * London * Royal Fleet Auxiliary (en)
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  • *Ocean liner *Hospital ship (en)
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  • RFA Maine was a 7,432 GRT hospital ship which was built in 1924 as the ocean liner Leonardo da Vinci by SA Ansaldo, La Spezia, Italy for the Società di Navigazione Transatlantica Italiana. In 1941, she was captured by the British at Kismayu, Italian Somaliland. Declared a prize of war, she was passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Clyde, serving as a hospital ship for the British Army during the Second World War. In 1948, ownership was passed to the Admiralty and she entered service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as RFA Maine. She served during the Korean War and was scrapped in 1954. (en)
  • Il Leonardo Da Vinci è stato un piroscafo misto italiano, violatore di blocco durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Dopo la cattura da parte britannica è stato utilizzato come nave ospedale come Empire Clyde e successivamente come RFA Maine. (it)
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci (piroscafo 1925) (it)
  • RFA Maine (1924) (en)
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  • *RFA Empire Clyde (1947-48) (en)
  • *RFA Maine (1948-54) (en)
  • *SS Empire Clyde (1943-47) (en)
  • *SS Leonardo da Vinci (1925-43) (en)
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