&sq=&lang=&file=File:MS_Kungsholm_1928.jpg) MS Kungsholm around 1930.
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Builder | Blohm + Voss, Hamburg |
| Launched | 1928 |
| Completed | November 1928 |
| Maiden voyage | 1928 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped 1965 |
| General characteristics [4] | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 181.32 m (594 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 22.0 m (72 ft 2 in) |
| Draft | 11.52 m (37 ft 10 in) |
| Depth | 11.5 m (37.8 ft) |
| Installed power | 3,380 NHP |
| Propulsion | 2 × 8-cylinder Burmeister & Wain diesel engines, 2 screws |
| Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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MS Kungsholm was an ocean liner built in Germany by Blohm & Voss for the Swedish American Line from 1928 to 1941 on transatlantic services from Gothenburg to New York City as well as cruising out of New York. In Second World War the US Government requisitioned it as the troopship John Ericsson.
After the war the Italian Home Lines bought her, renamed her Italia and operated her as a transatlantic liner and cruise ship. In the 1960s she changed hands again to become the hotel ship Imperial Bahama. She was scrapped in Spain in 1965.
- ^ Lloyd's Register, Steamers & Motorships (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1933. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ Lloyd's Register, Steamers & Motorships (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1934. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "ITALIA". shipspotting.com. 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ^ "Göteborg berättar igen", Bengt A Öhnander, Tre Böcker förlag, Gothenburg 1994 ISBN 91-7029-149-7