m/s Batory Gdynia-America Line

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The motorship "Batory" was one of two diesel-powered ships completed in 1936 for the North Atlantic run of the Gdynia-America Line (Poland).
Builder: Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico, Monfalcone, Italy.

Its displacement was 14,287 DWT
speed 18 knots (approx. 33 km/hr)
capacity: 816 passengers (76 first class, 740 tourist)
dimensions: length 526 feet, width 71 feet
engines: two nine-cylinder, two stroke single acting Burmeister & Wain diesels

During WWII it served as a troop ship. Its twin (the "Pilsudski") was sunk while thus employed.

After the war it continued as the flagship of the PLO (Polskie Linie Oceaniczne).
It was retired and turned into a hotel in 1969 (at Gdynia), and finally scrapped in 1971.
Its replacement was a Dutch-built ship renamed as the "Stefan Batory."

From: Gdynia-America Line advertising; photographs courtesy of Dr. Casimir Czarnecki

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Tourist Class Reading Room	Tourist Class Smoking Room	American Bar	Advertisement from the 1960s
Sun Deck	First Class Dancing Lounge	Swimming Pool	"Lido" Bar
Tourist Class Dining Room	Hallway "A" Lounge	Tourist Class Dancing Lounge	Tourist Class Verandah
Tourist Class Smoking Room	Verandah Cafe	Deluxe Suite Interior	Deluxe Suite Interior
Tourist Class Black and White Bar	First Class Cabin	First Class Reading Room	Advertisement from 1947

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