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STEFAN BATORY TILBURY MAY 1987 Fonte: celeste TSS Stefan Batory Career (Netherlands) Name: 19511968: TSS Maasdam IV Owner: Holland America Lines Port of registry: Netherlands Ordered: 1950 Builder: Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam Yard number: 733 Laid down: 19th December 1950 Launched: 5th April 1951 by Mrs. Adriaan Gips Maiden voyage: 11th August 1952 RotterdamSouthamptonLe HavreMontrealNew York In service: 19521966 Identification: 5216147 Career (Germany) Name: 19511968: TSS Maasdam IV Operator: Europa-Kanada Linie subsidiary of Holland America Lines Port of registry: 19661968: Bremen, Germany In service: 19661968 Career (Poland) Name: 19681990: TSS Stefan Batory Operator: 19681988: Polish Ocean Lines 19881990: Hellenic Polish Line Port of registry: Gdynia, Poland Route: 19681988: GydniaMontreal In service: 19681990 Career (Sweden) Name: 19902000 TSS Stefan Owner: Stena AB In service: 19901992 as accommodation for asylum seekers in Gothenburg, Sweden Out of service: 19922000 Fate: Scrapped Aliağa, Turkey 2000 General characteristics Type: Ocean liner Tonnage: 15015 Length: 153.4 m (503 ft) Beam: 21.1 m (69 ft) Draught: 8.8 m (29 ft) Decks: 10 Installed power: 6256 kW Speed: 18 knots Capacity: 783 First class: 39 Tourist class: 734 Crew: 336 The TS/S Stefan Batory was built in Holland in 1952 under the name of SS Maasdam and was initially used to service the Dutch East Indies by the Holland America Line. She was bought from Holland in 1968 and began service as a Polish ocean liner in April 1969 as a replacement for the obsolete MS Batory, both named after Stefan Batory (1533-1586), the famous king of Poland. After she was refitted and renamed she became the flagship of the Polish Ocean Lines in the 1970s and 1980s and mainly sailed from GdyniaCopenhagenRotterdamLondonMontrealSouthamptonRotterdamCopenhagenGdynia. She remained in service until 1988 and was the last regularly scheduled transatlantic liner. She was scrapped in Aliaga, Turkey in May 2000. Technical data 10 decks Tonnage 15,024 BRT Length 153.4 m. (503 ft). Width 21.0 m. (69 ft). Height 21.0 m. (69 ft). Speed 16.5 knots Passengers 39 1st class; 734 tourist class. Crew 336. Engines gas powered steam turbine. Stabilizers to reduce heeling (sailing). |
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Type of ship | Ocean liner - passenger ship |
Year of build and builder | 1951 |
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Added on | 24/01/2008 |
Dimension | 1229 x 838 |
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