Tzar Ferdinand
Stats	Name: Tzar Ferdinand Type S/S Construction Yard (Yard No.) Cant. Nav. Fratelli Orlando % Co., Livorno (?) Launched 10.13 Commissioned 1914 Weight, metric tons 3300 Weight, BRT 1994 Length, meters 80,50 Width, meters 11,54 Depth, meters 6,18 Engines One 3cyl expansion engine, 1 shaft, 2 boilers Horsepower, HP 2500 induced Speed, knots 12 Range, nautical miles (Max.) 2085 at 12 knots using 300t coal Patients/Medical staff 112/? Crew 40 Armament None Owner Soc. Commerciale Bulgare di Nav. à Vap., Varna
History	completed as Bulgarian S/S Tzar Ferdinand; chartered by the KM 26.4.41 as troop transport and auxiliary VTS* (80 wounded); taken over by the KM 18.8.44, in exchange for KT25 amd KT33, which were transferred to the Bulgarian Navy; into service 3.9.44 as the hospital ship Tzar Ferdinand; torpedoed by a Russian submarine 2.10.44, 6 nm west of the Pelion peninsula.