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MV Domala was a British cargo liner that was launched in 1920 as Magvana, but completed in 1921 as Domala.She was the first major ocean-going passenger ship to be built in the United Kingdom as a motor ship.
This is a list of ocean liners past and present, which are passenger ships engaged in the transportation of passengers and goods in transoceanic voyages. Ships primarily designed for pleasure cruises are listed at List of cruise ships. Some ships which have been explicitly designed for both line voyages and cruises, or which have been converted ...
MV Dara was a British passenger ship, built in 1948 by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland. [4] She travelled mostly between the Persian Gulf and the Indian subcontinent, carrying expatriate passengers who were employed in the nations of the Gulf.
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HMT (Hired Military Transport) [2] [3] Dunera was a British passenger ship which, in 1940, became involved in a controversial transportation of thousands of "enemy aliens" to Australia. The British India Steam Navigation Company had operated a previous Dunera (1891) , which served as a troopship during the Second Boer War .
The 241-foot (73 m), 1,156-gross register ton passenger steamer sank in 65 feet (20 m) of water after colliding in thick fog with the schooner barge Glendower (flag unknown), which was under tow by Patience ( United States), off Pollock Rip Shoal off Chatham, Massachusetts. One passenger was killed. Glendower rescued the survivors.
SS Leonardo da Vinci was an ocean liner built in 1960 by Ansaldo Shipyards, Italy for the Italian Line as a replacement for their SS Andrea Doria that had been lost in 1956. . She was initially used in transatlantic service alongside SS Cristoforo Colombo, and primarily for cruising after the delivery of the new SS Michelangelo and SS Raffaello in 1965.
The three ships each measured about 16,700 gross register tons, 530 feet (160 m) registered length and 70 feet (21 m) beam. They could carry nearly 600 passengers in 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes, 200 crew members, and substantial cargo. They had Brown-Sulzer diesel engines with a total output of 9,300 hp (6,900 kW), turning twin propellers.