![]() SS Shalom before her maiden voyage
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History | |
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Port of registry | |
Ordered | 1959[2] |
Builder | Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St Nazaire, France[1] |
Cost | £7.5 million[2] |
Yard number | Z21[1] |
Launched | 10 November 1962[1] |
Completed | 1964 |
Acquired | February 1964[1] |
Maiden voyage | 17 April 1964[1] |
In service | 3 March 1964[2] |
Out of service | 3 November 1995[1] |
Identification | IMO number: 5321679[1] |
Fate | Sunk outside Cape St. Francis, 26 July 2001[1] |
General characteristics (as built)[1] | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | |
Length | 191.63 m (628 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 24.81 m (81 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in) |
Decks | 10[2] |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | Twin propellers[3] |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Capacity | 1,090 (72 first class, 1,018 tourist class)[3] |
Crew |
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General characteristics (after 1964 refit)[2] | |
Type | Ocean liner/cruise ship |
Tonnage | 25,338 GRT[1] |
Capacity | 1,012 (148 first class, 864 tourist class) |
General characteristics (after 1973 refit)[2] | |
Type | Cruise ship |
Capacity | 725 passengers |
General characteristics (after 1982 refit)[2] | |
Type | Cruise ship |
Capacity | 814 passengers |
SS Shalom was a combined ocean liner/cruise ship built in 1964 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St Nazaire, France, for ZIM Lines, Israel, for transatlantic service from Haifa to New York. In 1967, SS Shalom was sold to the German Atlantic Line, becoming their second SS Hanseatic. Subsequently she served as SS Doric for Home Lines, SS Royal Odyssey for Royal Cruise Line and SS Regent Sun for Regency Cruises. The ship was laid up in 1995 following the bankruptcy of Regency Cruises. Numerous attempts were made to bring her back to service, but none were successful. The ship sank outside Cape St. Francis, South Africa, on 26 July 2001, while en route to India to be scrapped.[1][2]
On 26 November 1964, SS Shalom accidentally rammed the Norwegian tanker Stolt Dagali outside New York, resulting in the loss of nineteen Stolt Dagali crew members and damage to the stern of the tanker.[1][2]