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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]
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.
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]
MV Britannic was a British transatlantic ocean liner that was launched in 1929 and scrapped in 1961. She was the penultimate ship built for White Star Line before its 1934 merger with Cunard Line . When built, Britannic was the largest motor ship in the UK Merchant Navy .
She was the first diesel-engined liner to be built for the transatlantic service. [1] The Gripsholm was launched and christened on 26 November 1924, and delivered on 7 November 1925. On the same date her owners officially changed their name to Svenska Amerika Linien / Swedish American Line, and on 21 November the Gripsholm set out on her maiden ...
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The ship was a transatlantic liner of 18,761 GRT, [2] ordered by the Italian shipping company Lloyd Sabaudo Line in Genoa. The first-class accommodations had a capacity of 450 passengers, second class was 200 passengers and third class (emigrants rooms) was 1,780 passengers. In addition, 400 crew members were on board. The ship was composed of ...