Name: | GRIPSHOLM |
Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/11/1924 |
Completed: | 11/1925 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 999 |
Dimensions: | 18134grt, 9485nrt, 553.0 x 74.4 x 37.7ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 4SCDA, 6cyl (840 x 1500mm), 2533nhp |
Engines by: | Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 17.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
11/1925 | A/B Svenska Amerika Linien (A Jonsson, manager), Gothenburg |
1954 | Bremen-Amerika Line, Bremen |
1955 | Renamed BERLIN |
1956 | Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen |
26/11/1966 | Broken up |
Comments: | Accommodation for 127 x 1st, 482 x 2nd & 948 x 3rd Class passengers |
1950: Major refit including new bow & funnels | |
26/11/1966: Broken up at La Spezia by Terrestre Marittima |
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as BERLIN is courtesy of Photoship