SS Lombardia

	Lombardia in 1936
History
Name	1914: William O'Swald; 1920: Brabantia; 1922: Resolute; 1935: Lombardia;
Namesake	1914: William O'Swald; 1920: North Brabant; 1935: Lombardy;
Owner	1915: HAPAG; 1916: Kon. Rotterdamsche Lloyd; 1922: United American Lines; 1926: HAPAG; 1935: Flotte Riuniti Cosulich-Lloyd Sabaudo; 1936: Lloyd Triestino;
Port of registry	1920: Amsterdam; 1922: ; 1923: Panama City; 1926: Hamburg; 1935: Genoa;
Route	1920: Amsterdam – Buenos Aires; 1922: Hamburg – New York;
Builder	AG Weser
Yard number	193
Launched	30 March 1914
Completed	28 July 1920
Maiden voyage	1 September 1920
Reclassified	1935: troop ship
Refit	1922
Identification	code letters RFVL (1926–33); ; call sign DHTY (1934–35); ; call sign IBVS (1935–43); ;
Fate	Bombed 1943, raised and scrapped 1946
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	1930: 19,464 GRT, 13,165 NRT; 1932: 19,703 GRT, 9,583 NRT; 1936: 20,006 GRT, 10,947 NRT;
Length	590.4 ft (180.0 m)
Beam	72.2 ft (22.0 m)
Depth	40.2 ft (12.3 m)
Decks	4
Propulsion	3 × screws; 2 × triple-expansion engines; 1 × exhaust steam turbine;
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity	1920: 355 1st class, 284 2nd class, 469 3rd class, 857 steerage; 1922: 290 1st class, 320 2nd class, 400 3rd class;
Sensors and ; processing systems	by 1930:; submarine signalling; wireless direction finding; by 1934: gyrocompass;
Notes	sister ship: Reliance

SS Lombardia was one of a pair of transatlantic steam ocean liners that were launched in 1914 in Germany for the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG), sold to a Dutch shipping line in 1916, and seized by the United States as World War I reparations in 1922. United American Lines (UAL) operated her until 1926, when HAPAG bought her back.

Lombardia was launched as William O'Swald. Her Dutch operator renamed her Brabantia, while UAL renamed her Resolute. Her sister ship was Reliance, which had been launched as Johann Heinrich Burchard.

In 1935 Flotte Riuniti Cosulich-Lloyd Sabaudo bought Resolute from HAPAG, renamed her Lombardia and had her converted into a troop ship. In 1936 she passed to Lloyd Triestino.

In 1943 an Allied air attack sank Lombardia in the Mediterranean. In 1946 her wreck was raised and scrapped.

History
Lombardia in 1936
Name	1914: William O'Swald 1920: Brabantia 1922: Resolute 1935: Lombardia
Namesake	1914: William O'Swald 1920: North Brabant 1935: Lombardy
Owner	1915: HAPAG 1916: Kon. Rotterdamsche Lloyd 1922: United American Lines 1926: HAPAG 1935: Flotte Riuniti Cosulich-Lloyd Sabaudo 1936: Lloyd Triestino
Port of registry	1920: Amsterdam 1922: 1923: Panama City 1926: Hamburg 1935: Genoa
Route	1920: Amsterdam – Buenos Aires 1922: Hamburg – New York
Builder	AG Weser
Yard number	193
Launched	30 March 1914
Completed	28 July 1920
Maiden voyage	1 September 1920
Reclassified	1935: troop ship
Refit	1922
Identification	code letters RFVL (1926–33) call sign DHTY (1934–35) call sign IBVS (1935–43)
Fate	Bombed 1943, raised and scrapped 1946
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	1930: 19,464 GRT, 13,165 NRT 1932: 19,703 GRT, 9,583 NRT 1936: 20,006 GRT, 10,947 NRT
Length	590.4 ft (180.0 m)
Beam	72.2 ft (22.0 m)
Depth	40.2 ft (12.3 m)
Decks	4
Propulsion	3 × screws 2 × triple-expansion engines 1 × exhaust steam turbine
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity	1920: 355 1st class, 284 2nd class, 469 3rd class, 857 steerage 1922: 290 1st class, 320 2nd class, 400 3rd class
Sensors and processing systems	by 1930: submarine signalling wireless direction finding by 1934: gyrocompass
Notes	sister ship: Reliance