MV Kungsholm (1965)
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For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named Kungsholm.
MV Kungsholm was built in 1966 by the John Brown & Company shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland as a combined ocean liner / cruise ship for the Swedish American Line.[5] She was later rebuilt as a full-time cruise ship sailing under the names MV Sea Princess, MV Victoria, MV Oceanic II.[2] and MV Mona Lisa.[7] In September 2010 she was retired from service as she did not fulfill requirements to SOLAS 2010, becoming the floating hotel Veronica, before being scrapped in 2016.[8]
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Kungsholm at Hamburg, West Germany in 1973 | |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry |
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Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland[4] |
Yard number | 728[4] |
Laid down | January 1964 |
Launched | 14 April 1965 by Mrs. Annabella Broström[5] |
Completed | November 1965 |
Maiden voyage | 22 April 1966[5] |
In service | 1966 |
Out of service | September 2010 |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped at Alang, India in 2016 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 201.33 m (660 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 26.57 m (87 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 8.56 m (28 ft 1 in) |
Installed power | 25,200 SHP |
Propulsion | Two Gotaverken diesels, twin screw |
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Capacity |
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Crew | 417 |
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