MV Monte Pascoal (1930)

Monte Pascoal before her launch
History
NameMonte Pascoal
NamesakeMonte Pascoal
Owner
Operator
  • Hamburg-Süd DG (1930–41)
  • Kriegsmarine (1941–45)
  • UK Admiralty (1945–46)
Port of registry
BuilderBlohm & Voss
Yard number491
Launched17 September 1930
Completed15 January 1931
Maiden voyage26 January 1931
Out of service3 February 1944
Identification
FateScuttled 31 December 1946
General characteristics
Class and typeMonte-class ocean liner
Type
  • Ocean liner (1930–41)
  • Accommodation ship (1941–44)
Tonnage13,870 GRT, 7,762 NRT
Length152.60 metres (500 ft 8 in)
Beam19.99 metres (65 ft 7 in)
Depth11.48 metres (37 ft 8 in)
DecksFour
Installed power4 diesel engines, 1,436 NHP
PropulsionTwin screw propellers
Speed14 knots (26 km/h)
Capacity2,500 passengers
Notessister ships Monte Cervantes, Monte Olivia, Monte Rosa and Monte Sarmiento

Monte Pascoal was a German Monte-class ocean liner built in 1930 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg for the Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft (HSDG). She managed to reach Germany after the outbreak of World War II and was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine for use as an accommodation ship. She was sunk in 1944 during an Allied air raid on Wilhelmshaven. Subsequently, refloated, she was seized by the Allies post war and was scuttled in the Skaggerak with a cargo of gas bombs in 1946.

She can be briefly seen moored in London's docks in the short 1939 travelogue film "River Thames".