Chantiers Navals Français, Blainville (engine by Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes)
Yard number
37
Poland
Owner
Polish Ocean Lines
Operator
Polish Ocean Lines
Acquired
1926
Out of service
1 March 1949
Renamed
Katowice
Fate
wrecked at Terschelling, the Netherland on 1 March 1949
General characteristics
Tonnage
1994 BRT[1]
Length
82.4 m (270 ft 4 in)
Beam
12.2 m (40 ft 0 in)
Depth
5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
Installed power
189 nhp[2]
Speed
9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph)
Capacity
One 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, single shaft, one screw, two single boilers, four corrugated furnaces[2]
SS Katowice, originally named SS Vendemiare, was a 1925-built, 82-metre (269 ft)-long Polish merchant steamship. It was owned by Polish Ocean Lines and was registered in Gdynia.
The ship served during World War II, including at Normandy landings.
On 1 March 1949 the ship wrecked on Terschelling, the Netherlands. The crew members were rescued.[1][2][3]
^ ab"Scheepswrak: Katowice". Wrakkenmuseum [nl] (in Dutch).
^ abc"SS Katowice [+1949]". wrecksite.eu.
^"ANNA PAULOWNA - ID 8098". Stichting Maritiem-Historische Databank (in Dutch).
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