KURSK (Cinderella stamp)

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Built as a passenger- cargo vessel by Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd (Yard No 482), Glasgow for the East Asiatic Company (EAC) but on completion transferred to the Russian American Line for sailings from Libau, Danzig and Copenhagen to New York. 07 July 1910 launched as the KURSK Dimensions: 450.0 x 56.2 x 31.3 feet. GRT: 7869; NRT: 4637
Twin Screw, 2 x tpl exp engines by Barclay, Curle & Company Glasgow, 1020 nhp., speed 16 knots.


Maiden voyage Libau - New York 2nd November 1910.
In August 1914 switched to the Archangel – New York Service.
1917 – Requisitioned by the Shipping Controller. Managed by Cunard Line.
1920 - Reverted to EAC and the Danish Flag.
1921 – Renamed POLONIA for Baltic American Line
1930 – Sold to Polish Transatlantic Line (in which EAC had an interest)
1933 – Transferred to Constanza – Haifa service
1935 – Transferred to Gdynia - America Line
1939 – Broken up at Savona in Italy.


Sources:
North Atlantic Seaway Vol 3 (Russian American Line) by N R P Bonsor
North Atlantic Seaway Vol 4 (Baltic American Line) by N R P Bonsor
Merchant Fleets No 43 Danish East Asiatic Company by N Middlemiss
Various Internet sites.

Peter Crichton.

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