Way number 886 Completed August 1924 Launched 23 February 1924 Tonnage 16.11 million kg Builder Cammell Laird | Laid down 23 March 1920 Construction started 23 March 1920 Length 168 m Beam 22 m | |
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Name 1924-1953 SS de Grasse
1953-1956 RMS Empress of Australia
1956-1962 Venezuela Owner 1924-1953 Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
1953-1956 Canadian Pacific Steamships
1956-1962 Sicula Oceanica Port of registry 1924-1953 France
1953-1956 Canada
1956-1962 Italy | ||
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SS De Grasse was an ocean liner built in 1920–1924 by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, United Kingdom for the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, and launched in February 1924.
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- French line s ss de grasse
- Ss de grasse cgt french line will glahe lieblingsmelodie
- Canadian Pacific
- Sicula Oceanica
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Canadian Pacific
She was refitted for Canadian Pacific Steamships in 1953, then renamed in that same year as the Empress of Australia.
Sicula Oceanica
She was sold in 1956 to Sicula Oceanica; and after refit, the ship was renamed Venezuela.
The ship was wrecked off Cannes on 16 March 1962; and she was broken up at La Spezia in August the same year.
References
SS De Grasse Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA