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In October 1920 the ship was purchased by the Compagnie Maritime Belge and renamed Pays de Waes. It had been planned for a River Plate service and it sailed in 1921 to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [2] The company also launched a Belgium–South Africa service using the vessel with Prince Leopold amongst passengers on the first voyage. [3]
M.S. Aramis, circa 1932 Teiyō Maru as a repatriation ship, circa 1943: SS Argentina (1929) 1929 SS Pennsylvania (1929–1938) Scrapped in 1964 One of the 3 sister ships of Argentina, it's unknown which one it is as the name was omitted from the bow. SS Arundel Castle: 1894 SS Birma (1905–1913) SS Mitava (1913–1921) SS Josef Pilsudski (1921 ...
On 19 May 1920 she began her maiden voyage, sailing from Amsterdam to Buenos Aires in Argentina. Brabantia followed, leaving Bremen on 28 July 1920 and beginning her maiden voyage on 1 September. [1] At the time, the two ships were the largest on the route between Europe and the River Plate. [12]
The passenger ship ran aground at Kylios, Ottoman Turkey. She broke up and was a total loss. One hundred and fifty of her 200 passengers were rescued by rocket apparatus. [75] Imperator Pierre le Grand France: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Varna, Romania. Her crew survived. [76] Northwestern United States
Seohae Ferry – was a passenger ship that sank near Wi-do island, Jeolla Province. The ship was carrying 362 passengers (141 more than its capacity) and heavy freight in bad weather. 292 1996 Malta: F174 – Severely overloaded and poorly maintained ship carrying migrants from South Asia, sank 19 miles off Portopalo di Capo Passero in Sicily. 283+
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The last large passenger liner to be completed in the United States was Moore-McCormack Lines' SS Argentina in 1958. [ 4 ] The only US-built deep water passenger ships still in existence today are the SS United States (laid up), former converted cargo liner SS Medina (hotel ship), cargo/passenger liner NS Savannah (museum ship), and the partly ...
SS Argentina was a US turbo-electric ocean liner. [1] She was completed in 1929 as SS Pennsylvania, and refitted and renamed as SS Argentina in 1938. [2] From 1942 to 1946 she was the War Shipping Administration operated troopship Argentina. [6]