Statistics
           
           
RETURN TO THE HOMEPAGE                                                                                                                                                                             SS EMPIRE WINDRUSH 1947

Historical Statistics:

 

 

 

Builder:

Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany

Yard Number:

 

Date of Build:

1930

Vessel Name:

Monte Rosa

Other Names:

 Empire Windrush

Type of Vessel:

Passenger / Cargo ocean liner

Date Launched:

4th December 1930

Launched by:

 

Maiden Voyage:

1931

Hamburg - Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo & Buenos Aires

Final Commercial Voyage:

 Yokohama to the Mediterranean 1954
en route to Southampton

Final Voyage:

Yokohama to the Mediterranean 1954

en route to Southampton

Fate:

 Sank in the Mediterranean near Gibraltar 1954 after a catastrophic fire.

 

 

Flag:

German

Port of Registry:

Hamburg, Germany

Original Owners / Operators:

Hamburg-South America Line

(now known as Hamburg Sud Group)

 

 

 

Technical Statistics:

 

 

 

Length:

500.3 ft

Breadth:

65.7 ft

Draft:

 37.8 ft

Gross Registered Tonnage:

13,882 tons

Power:

2 MAN diesel engines

Propulsion:

2 propellers.

Maximum Speed:

 14.5 knots

Service Speed:

14 knots

Passengers & Crew:


 

 








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