Dutch passenger ship Koningin Emma 1938-1940, British HMAS Queen Emma (1940)1941-1946 and Koningin Emma 1946-1968

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Koningin Emma conversion into orginal state, Vlissingen 13 December 1946

Zeeuws Archief, Kon. Mij. De Schelde, collectie 7513, nr 5643

Koningin Emma conversion into orginal state, Vlissingen 27 November 1946

Zeeuws Archief, Kon. Mij. De Schelde, collectie 7513, nr 5646

Her sister ship Prinses Beatrix also converted into a troop transport, Vlissingen, 1946

Zeeuws Archief, Fotocollectie Vlissingen, nr 4120

Ordered by the Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland in December 1937, laid down by Kon. Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands with yard number 209 on 7 May 1938, launched on 14 January 1939, Completed on 19 May 1939, taken into service on 4 June 1939, out of service on 1 September 1939, requisitioned by the British Ministry of War Transport as troop transport on 17 May 1940, converted into an assault ship by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland, commissioned as HMS Queen Emma on 22 January 1941, decommissioned on 29 April 1946, returned to owners in 1946, retaining original name, converted back to original state and in service between 5 March 1948-1968 and broken up at Antwerp, Belgium in 1968.