SS Kościuszko
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Kościuszko was a passenger steamship that was built in Scotland in 1915, sailed as a troopship in both World Wars, was an ocean liner between the wars, carried displaced persons after World War II and was scrapped in England in 1950.
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Kościuszko entering the port of Gdynia | |
History | |
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Russian Empire (1915–17) United Kingdom (1917–21) | |
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Ordered | 1914 |
Builder | Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd |
Yard number | 512 |
Launched | 14 February 1915 |
Commissioned | 10 November 1939 |
Decommissioned | 30 June 1941 |
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Fate | Scrapped 1950 |
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Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | |
Length | 440.0 ft (134 m) |
Beam | 53.4 ft (16 m) |
Draught | 32 ft (10 m) |
Depth | 29.3 ft (9 m) |
Decks | 2 |
Installed power | 889 NHP |
Propulsion | 2 × 4-cylinder quadruple-expansion engines, twin screw propellers |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Capacity | 712 passengers |
Sensors and processing systems | Wireless direction finding (by 1938) |
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In her 35-year history the ship was registered in the merchant navies of the United Kingdom, Latvia and Poland. She was built as Czaritza and later bore the names Lituania, Kościuszko, Gdynia and Empire Helford. The name Kościuszko refers to Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746 – 1817), a military leader, statesman and Polish national hero.