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The outbreak of World War II delayed the deployment of Pasteur, and she was laid up in Saint-Nazaire in France. In 1940, she was commissioned to carry 200 tons of gold reserves from Brest, France to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her official maiden voyage from Bordeaux to Buenos Aires was cancelled due to the outbreak of war.
Rammed U-103 on 12 May 1918, the only known incident in World War I in which a merchant vessel sank an enemy warship. Ophir: Converted to Hospital Ship in 1918. Returned to the owners in 1919 but never refitted, being broken up in 1922. Orama: Lost on 19 October 1917. Orbita: Also served in the Second World War as a troop carrier from 1941 to ...
S.S. President Lincoln sometime before World War One: SS Pretoria: 1897 Scrapped in 1921 S.S. Pretoria in 1898: SS Queen Elizabeth 2: 1967 Preserved as a museum/hotel ship in Dubai: RMS Queen Mary: 1934 Preserved as a museum/hotel ship in Long Beach, California RMS Queen Mary 2: 2003 In service [2] SS Raffaello: 1963 Partially sank in 1983
Passenger ships of Germany include all ships designed, built, or operated in Germany for the purpose of transporting passengers. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Passenger ships of Germany . Subcategories
The Nemi ships were two ships, of different sizes, built under the reign of the Roman emperor Caligula in the 1st century AD on Lake Nemi. Although the purpose of the ships is speculated upon, the larger ship was an elaborate floating palace, which contained quantities of marble, mosaic floors, heating and plumbing, and amenities such as baths.
Missanabie served in the First World War as troop ships. A U-boat sank her in 1918 with the loss of 45 lives. [1] A pipe band entertaining troops on deck aboard Metagama in 1915. Metagama remained in civilian passenger service, although her passengers often included troops. Her first regular route was between Liverpool and St John, New Brunswick.
The ship had berths for 1,888 passengers: 775 in 290 cabins in First Class, 343 in 102 cabins in Second Class, and 770 in Third Class. [3] The two First Class "Imperial" suites were the finest accommodation aboard, each having a dining room, drawing room, bedroom, and bathroom. There were eight suites with sitting room, bedroom, and bathroom ...
This ship – the first of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Japan [3] – regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between the west coast of Canada and the Far East until 1922. [4] During the First World War she served as armed merchant cruiser, becoming HMS Empress of Japan for the period that she was a commissioned ship of the Royal Navy.