MS Kungsholm (1953)
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MS Kungsholm was a combined ocean liner - cruise ship built in 1953 by the De Schelde shipyard in Vlissingen The Netherlands for the Swedish American Line. Between 1965 and 1981 she sailed for the North German Lloyd and their successor Hapag-Lloyd as MS Europa. From 1981 until 1984 she sailed for Costa Cruises as MS Columbus C. She sank in the port of Cadiz Spain after ramming a breakwater on 29 July 1984. Her wreckage was subsequently raised and scrapped the following year in Barcelona.

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Although seen as built, MS Kungsholm is seen here under the ownership of Flagship Cruises in 1976 Photographer unknown – *See Photo notes at bottom of the page 3
and Merle on the MS Kungsholm on a six week cruise once and believe me, Merle, in person, was the most beautiful woman who ever lived.4
Development Laboratories, Ft Monmouth, NJ MS Kungsholm (in Flagship Cruises service 1975-1978, formerly Swedish Aermican Line MS Kungsholm IV) Frederick Vorwerk aboard the SS Kungsholm, January 1977.5
liner -cruise ship MS Kungsholm for the Swedish American Line . She was later rebuilt as a full-time cruise ship.6

Builders of the MS Kungsholm (1953) are De Schelde, Netherlands, Vlissingen

MS Kungsholm in harbor Title: MS Kungsholm in harbor Chrome PM 1960 Jul-20 Description: Swedish American Line 7
MS Kungsholm was a combined ocean liner / cruise ship built in 1953 by the De Schelde shipyard in Vlissingen, The Netherlands for the Swedish American Line.8
MS Kungsholm was a passenger liner owned and operated by the Swedish American Line from 1928 to 1941 on transatlantic services from Gothenburg to New York as 9
Original Slide, Swedish American Line Ocean Liner MS Kungsholm at Bermuda, 1963 Original Slide, Swedish American Line Ocean Liner MS Kungsholm at Bermuda, 1963 See it on eBay.10
worked briefly as an entertainer on the Swedish Liner MS Kungsholm in the Caribbean in 1941.11
I am still hoping that the MS Kungsholm can be saved as well. I find it very hard to believe that Mr.12
Ship Name
1953
1965
1981
Ship Decks
9
Ship In Service
24
Ship Tonnage
21164
Ship Power
2
combined 13503 kW
Status
Partially sunk at Cadiz
Spain
29 July 1984. Scrapped in 1985.
Scrapped
Ship Speed
service speed
Ship Fate
--07-29
Ship Crew
418
Maiden Voyage
1953-11-24
Owner
Hapag-Lloyd
Independent Continental Lines
Norddeutscher Lloyd
Swedish American Line
Ship Height
from keel to mast top
Order Date
1950-04-01
Ship Acquired
30
Ship Launched
18
Ship Yard Number
273
Active Years Start Date
1953-11-24
Ship Capacity
802
843
Ship Registry
1953
1965
1981
Ship Type
combined ocean liner - cruise ship
Ship Ordered
1
Ship Status
Scrapped
Ship Launch
1952-10-18
Ship Maiden Voyage
24
Builder
De Schelde
Netherlands
Vlissingen
Ship Propulsion
2
Operator
Costa Cruises
Ship Christened
18
Christening Date
1952-10-18
Acquirement Date
1953-09-30
Category
1952 ships
Cruise ships
Maritime incidents in 1984
Ocean liners
Ships built in the Netherlands

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