Gdynia-Ameryka Line Żeglugowe
The Gdynia-Ameryka Line Żeglugowe SA , known internationally as Gdynia America Line , was a Polish shipping company founded in 1930 and based in Gdynia .
history
The Gdynia America Line was established by the Polish government in 1930 to provide regular passenger and freight services from Gdynia via Copenhagen to Halifax and New York . In 1936 the service was expanded to Rio de Janeiro , Santos , Montevideo and Buenos Aires . Shortly afterwards, the Mediterranean was also opened up by calling at Constanța , Haifa and Istanbul .
First , two ships were taken over from the former holdings of the Russian American Line , which had ceased operations after the February Revolution in 1917 , the Kursk and the Czar . It was not until 1933 that the first new building, the Piłsudski, was commissioned.
In 1939 the shipping company commissioned a new ship from the Gdansk shipyard and railway workshops , which was to be named Bielsko and put into service as a cargo ship . After the occupation of Poland by the German Wehrmacht , the shell No. 97 came into German hands and was finally completed by the Navy as an auxiliary cruiser Michel .
Ships
| year | Surname | tonnage | shipyard | Status / fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 ( 1910 ) | Polonia | 7858 GRT | Barclay, Curle and Company , Glasgow | ex Kursk of the Russian American Line / 1939 demolished |
| 1930 ( 1912 ) | Pułaski | 6503 GRT | Barclay, Curle and Company, Glasgow | ex Czar of the Russian American Line / 1921 Estonia for the Baltic America Line / 1949 demolition in Blyth |
| 1930 ( 1915 ) | Kościuszko | 6852 GRT | Barclay, Curle and Company, Glasgow | 1915: ex Czaritza of the Russian American Line / 1946 sold Empire Helford / 1950 scrapped |
| 1935 | Piłsudski | 14,294 GRT | Cantieri Riuniti dell 'Adriatico , Monfalcone | Sunk in 1939 |
| 1936 | Batory | 14,287 GRT | Cantieri Riuniti dell 'Adriatico, Monfalcone | 1971 decommissioned and sold for demolition |
| 1939 | Chrobry | 11,400 GRT | Nakskov Skibsværft , Nakskov | Sunk in 1940 after a German air raid |
| 1939 | Sobieski | 11,030 GRT | Swan Hunter , Walker-on-Tyne | 1950 sold to the USSR and renamed Gruziya / 1975 demolished in La Spezia |
| 1969 ( 1952 ) | Stefan Batory | 15,025 GRT | Wilton-Fijenoord , Schiedam | 1915: ex Maasdam of Holland America Line / 2000 in Turkey scrapped |