SS Prague (1929)
TSS "Prague" was a passenger and freight vessel built for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1929. The first group of refugees to arrive in the UK did so aboard the "Prague", in December 1938. History. The ship was built by John Brown on Clydebank. She was one of an order for three ships, the others being and . She was launched on 18 November 1929. She arrived in Harwich Parkeston Quay on 22 February 1930. In June 1932 she collided with a Belgian fishing smack in dense fog which resulted in the fishing boat sinking in  less than 2 minutes, and four of the five crew were drowned. She brought the first group of unaccompanied child refugees to Britain from Nazi Germany, arriving at Parkeston Quay on 2 December 1938. A plaque unveiled in 2011 at Harwich harbour marks this event. At the outbreak of the Second World War the ship was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport and in 1944 served in the D-Day landings. She was sent to Clydebank for refurbishing in 1947 but was severely damaged by fire, and sent for scrapping in September 1948.