SS Vaterland (1940)

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named SS Vaterland.

SS Vaterland

File:SS Vaterland 1940 model if she was completed.jpg SS Vaterland model
History
Name	Vaterland
Owner	Hamburg-America Line
Port of registry	Hamburg
Route	Hamburg America Line's North Atlantic route
Ordered	Mid 1930's
Builder	Blohm & Voss shipyard
Yard number	523
Laid down	Between 1936-1937
Launched	1940
Fate	Destroyed 1943, Scrapped 1948
General characteristics
Tonnage	41,000 tons
Length	824 ft (251 m)
Decks	11
Installed power	Turbo electric engines
Propulsion	Twin Screw
Sail plan	steam
Speed	24 Knots
Capacity	354 1st class, 435 tourist class, 533 3rd class

The Vaterland was ordered by the Hamburg-Amerika Line as the first of three planned liners for North Atlantic service. She had a length of 824-foot (251 m) and measured 41,000 gross tons She was launched in 1940, but she was laid up incomplete at Kuhwerder Hamburg. She was heavily damaged by Allied bombers on 25 July 1943. In 1948 it was decided that she was too damaged to be completed and her wreck was scrapped.