SS Vandyck was a 1911 steam ocean liner operated by Lamport and Holt Line and used on its service between New York and the River Plate. The German cruiser SMS Karlsruhe sank her in 1914.
Vandyck was named after the Flemish Baroque painter Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641). She was the second of three Lamport and Holt ships to bear the name. The first was an 1867 steamship that Lamport and Holt bought and renamed Vandyck in 1873. The third and last was a steam ocean liner built for Lamport and Holt in 1921, converted into an armed boarding vessel in World War II and sunk by enemy action in 1940.
Building
Vandyck was the first of three sister ships that Workman, Clark and Company of Belfast built for Lamport and Holt in 1911–13. Her yard number was 301.[1] Vandyck was launched in 1911, SS Vauban in January 1912 and SS Vestris in May 1912. The trio were similar in size to SS Vasari (1909) that Sir Raylton Dixon & Co built for Lamport and Holt in 1909. Vauban and Vestris had passenger accommodation slightly larger than that of Vandyck.