| Name: | SOBIESKI |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 25/08/1938 |
| Completed: | 05/1939 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1572 |
| Dimensions: | 11030grt, 6351nrt, 493.0 x 67.3 x 31.6ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SCDA, B&W type, 8cyl (450 x 1200mm), 1716nhp |
| Engines by: | JG Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 05/1939 | Gdynia-America Shipping Lines Ltd, Gdynia |
| 1950 | Government of the Soviet Union; renamed GRUZIYA |
| 14/04/1975 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 44 x 1st & 250 x 3rd Class passengers & 870 x emigrants |
| 1939 - 1947: Served as a British troop transport | |
| 1950: Name also seen as GRUZIA | |
| 14/04/1975: Broken up at La Spezia |
Above photo as SOBIESKI is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as GRUZIYA is courtesy of Richard Turnwald
Above photo as GRUZIYA is courtesy of Richard Turnwald
Above photo as GRUZIYA is copyright of Antonio Scrimali
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Wednesday, 24/05/1939