SS Europa / SS Liberté
Sailing as the S. S. Liberté in the 1950's.
Career
Flags:	Germany 1930-1945 France 1950-1961
Owners:	Norddeutsche Lloyd (Europa) Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (Liberté)
Built:	Blohm & Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany
Launched:	August 1, 1928
Maiden voyage:	March 19, 1930
Fate:	Retired in 1961, scrapped in 1962. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
General characteristics
Tonnage:	49,746 gross tons
Length:	936. 7 ft (283. 5 m)
Beam:	101. 7 feet (31 m)
Power:	Four steam turbines generating 105,000 shp
Propulsion:	Quadruple screws
Speed:	27. 5 knots
Passenger Capacity:	2,193; 860 first class, 500 second class, 305 tourist class, 617 third class
Crew:	965 total

The SS Europa (later SS Liberté) was one of a pair of fast ocean liners built in the late nineteen-twenties for the Norddeutsche Lloyd line (NDL) for the transatlantic passenger service. An ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one Seaport to another along regular long-distance Maritime routes according to a schedule Hapag-Lloyd is a German transportation company comprising a cargo container Shipping line Hapag-Lloyd Container Line, and a cruise The term transatlantic refers to something occurring all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. Her sister ship was the Bremen, and the two were very similar, though not identical (the Bremen was slightly larger, among other differences). History Bremen and her sister were designed to have a cruising speed of 27

History

Europa and her sister were designed to have a cruising speed of 27. 5 knots, allowing an Atlantic crossing time of 5 days. This speed enabled Norddeutsche Lloyd to run regular weekly crossings with two ships, a feat that normally required three.

The sisters were supposed to be completed at the same time, but the Europa suffered a serious fire during her fitting-out, and sank to the bottom. She was repaired and refloated, but the incident delayed her completion by several months.

During World War II she was in German hands and largely inactive. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. There were plans to use her as a transport in Operation Sealion, the intended invasion of Great Britain, and later conversion to an aircraft carrier. Operation Sealion (Unternehmen Seelöwe was Germany's plan to invade the United Kingdom during World War II, beginning in 1940 See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands An aircraft carrier is a Warship designed with None of these plans came to pass, and in 1945, she was captured by the allies and used as a troopship. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar In general allies are people groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose However, after it was discovered that the ship had infrastructural problems from years of neglect (defective wiring and hull cracks), she was pulled from this service.

After the war she was turned over to the French, who began to refit her for passenger service. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. In 1946 while being refitted, she snapped her moorings during a storm and ran into the wreck of the Paris and sank[1]. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Interior The Paris's interior reflected the transitional period of the early twenties between the earlier preferred Jacobean, She was raised, and in 1950, made her maiden voyage under her new name, Liberté, to New York. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous She was laid up in 1961 and scrapped in 1962. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

External links

• Ocean-Liners.com Europa page
• The Great Ocean Liners: Europa/Liberté
• Ocean Express: The story of the Bremen and Europa