Dates: 1929 - 1960

There are two ships with name Vienna.
Vienna (1894-1930)
Built 1894 by Earle’s Co., Hull for the Great Eastern Railway Co.’s Harwich - Hook of Holland service. In 1914(WW1) she was used as a Naval accommodation ship at Harwich and in 1915 was converted to a submarine decoy vessel with hidden guns to tempt U-Boats into surfacing.
SCraped in 1930.

Vienna(1929-1960)
Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank for London & North Eastern Railway’s Harwich to Hook of Holland night service.
In 1941, purchased by the Ministry of War Transport and converted to depot ship for Motor Torpedo Boats in the Mediterranean.
In 1945 reconverted to troopship on Harwich.
IN 1947 refitted as leave ship for British troops in Germany.
Scraped in 1960.

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