World War IISS Ville de Bruges

In early 1940, the American President Harding was sold to Belgian owners and renamed Ville de Bruges. The vessel was set on fire on 14 May 1940 by German aircraft in the port of Antwerp. In 1952, the wreck was scrapped.

About SS Ville de Bruges

  • Nationality

    Flag Belgium

  • Built

    1921

  • Wrecked

    14.05.1940

  • Carrier

    Sociètè Maritime Anversoise, Antwerpen, Belgia

  • Tonnage

    13869 brt

Casualties