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Taken out of service in 1930, fate unknown MV Awa Maru: 1942 Torpedoed and sunk on May 1, 1945 HMT Awatea: 1936 Bombed and Sunk by German Aircraft, November 11, 1942 SS Baltic: 1850 Scrapped in 1880 RMS Baltic: 1903 Scrapped in 1933 – Japan MS Batory: 1935 Scrapped in 1971 SS Belgravia: 1881 Ran aground and wrecked May 22, 1896 SS Bothnia: 1874
RMS Sylvania was an ocean liner built in 1957 by John Brown & Company, in Glasgow, Scotland for Cunard.She was the last Cunard vessel built specifically for transatlantic crossings. [6]
RMS Cedric was an ocean liner owned by the White Star Line.She was the second of a quartet of ships over 20,000 tons, dubbed the Big Four, and was the largest vessel in the world at the time of her entering service.
SS Île de France was a French luxury ocean liner that plied the prestigious transatlantic route between Europe and New York from 1927 through to 1958. She was built in Saint-Nazaire for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (or CGT, also known as the "French Line"), and named after the region around Paris known as "L'Ile de France".
Following the end of World War II Canadian Pacific Steamships in 1946 resumed providing a transatlantic service utilizing the cargo liners Beaverburn and Beaverford, which were joined in 1947-50 by the refitted Empress of Canada (ex-Duchess of Richmond), Empress of France (ex-Duchess of Bedford), and then Empress of Scotland (ex-Empress of Japan). [1]
The giant ocean liner Queen Mary 2 under construction Russian amphibious assault ship Sevastopol awaiting delivery, December 2014. The current Chantiers de l'Atlantique yard evolved from the Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire, France, famous for building the transatlantic liners: France, Île de France, and Normandie.
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Kungsholm operated on the transatlantic service with some cruise operations just prior to World War II.. In June 1938, as flagship of the Swedish American Line, she visited Wilmington, Delaware with the Crown Prince Gustaf VI Adolf and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden, members of the Royal Swedish Commission, the Commission of the Republic of Finland and tourists aboard. [5]