SS Europa — historic photograph

Norddeutscher Lloyd

SS Europa

Sister Ship to Bremen — Blue Riband Holder and Post-War French Liner

1930 Blohm & Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany 49,746 GRT 936.7 ft Scrapped
49,746GRT
Tonnage
936.7ft
Length
31m
Beam
27.5knots
Speed
2,195passengers
Passengers
965crew
Crew

SS Europa, later SS Liberté IMO 5607332, was an ocean liner built for the German shipping company Norddeutsche Lloyd (NDL) to work the transatlantic sea route. Launched in 1928, she and her sister ship, SS Bremen, were the two most advanced, high-speed steam turbine ocean vessels of their day, with both earning the Blue Riband.

After World War II, French line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique was awarded the Europa as a war prize to replace the destroyed SS Normandie, which had caught fire and capsized at her moorings while interned by the United States in New York City. Europa was refitted at Le Havre and rechristened the Liberté, serving until the arrival of the SS France in 1961 as the premier liner in the Compagnie's fleet. She was laid up in 1962 and scrapped at La Spezia, Italy, in 1963.

Text: Wikipedia — SS Europa (1928), CC BY-SA 4.0

Tonnage
49,746 GRT
Length
936 ft
Beam
102 ft
Speed
27.9 knots
Blue Riband
1930
Post-War
Became SS Liberté for French Lines
Maiden Voyage
March 19, 1930
Status
Scrapped 1962
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