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SS Polonia (1910)
''Polonia'' was a passenger steamship that was built in Scotland in 1910, originally named ''Kursk'' and was registered in the Russian Empire. She was an Allied troopship in the First World War, when she was briefly operated by Cunard Line. After the war she returned to civilian passenger service, in Latvian service until 1930 and then for Poland. Building The Danish East Asiatic Company ordered the ship from Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd of Glasgow. She was built as yard number 482, launched on 7 July 1910 and completed that September. She was launched as ''Kursk'', named after the city of Kursk in western Russia. ''Kursk'' was long, her beam was and her draught was . Her tonnages were and . The ship had twin four-cylinder quadruple-expansion engines driving twin screws. Each engine had a stroke and cylinders of , , and bore. Between them, the engines developed 1,020 NHP. The engines were fed by six 215 lbf/in2 single-ended boilers with a total heating surface of . Her bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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