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MS ChrobryPoland
NameChrobry
NamesakeBolesław I Chrobry
OwnerGdynia-America Line – GAL
Port of registryMS Chrobry Gdynia
BuilderNakskov SV
Yard number89
Launched24 February 1939
CompletedJuly 1939
Commissioned1939
Out of service14 May 1940
FateScuttled in 1940 by British torpedo from HMS Ark Royal after being damaged by German aircraft a day before
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 11400 GRT
  • 7100 NRT
Length154.2 m (505 ft 11 in)
Beam20.3 m (66 ft 7 in)
Draft8.3 m (27 ft 3 in)
Installed power11250 hp
Speed17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Capacity1167 passengers total

MS Chrobry was a transatlantic passenger liner, and was the last pre-war new build for the Polish Merchant Navy. She was built for the Gdynia-Ameryka Linie Żeglugowe S.A. (Gdynia-America Line – GAL).

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