SS Tuscania (1921)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | SS Tuscania |
| Owner | Anchor Line |
| Port of registry | United Kingdom |
| Route | Glasgow-New York City |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
| Launched | 4 October 1921 |
| Maiden voyage | 16 September 1922 |
| Fate | Broken up at Onomichi, Hiroshima in 1961. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 16,991 GRT |
| Length | 575 feet (175 m) |
| Beam | 70 feet (21 m) |
| Installed power | Steam turbines |
| Propulsion | Twin Propellers |
| Speed | 16 knots |
| Capacity | 800 passengers |
| Crew | 200 |
SS Tuscania was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, and launched on 4 October 1921. She began on Anchor Line's Glasgow-New York City service until 1926, when she was chartered for summer service with the Cunard Line. She was later employed in Liverpool-India service and cruising until sold in 1939 to the Goulandris brothers' General Steam Navigation Company of Greece and renamed Nea Hellas, and later New York.[1]
SS Nea Hellas
Upon arrival in Piraeus on 8 March 1939 the ship was renamed Nea Hellas (New Greece) and refitted for service between Piraeus and New York City beginning on 19 May 1939. Service between these two ports was interrupted for the duration of World War II for use as a troopship for Allied soldiers. The ship was renamed New York in 1955, retired in 1959 and scrapped in 1961.[2]
Sources
- ^ Emmons, Frederick (1972). The Atlantic Liners. New York: Bonanza Books. p. 23.
- ^ Kokkinidis, Tasos. "Nea Hellas: The Historic Ship That Brought Thousands of Greeks to the US". Greek Reporter. Retrieved 5 June 2020.