SS Polonia Lonia SS Kursk
| Street | Barclay, Curle & Company, |
| City | Glasgow |
| State/ Province | Strathclyde |
| Country | Scotland |
| Alternate Locations | |
|---|---|
| City | Liepāja |
| State/ Province | Kuršas |
| Country | Latvija |
| City | Gdańsk Gdynia |
| State/ Province | województwo Pomorskie |
| Country | Polska |
| City | København Copenhagen |
| Church Parish | Københavns kommune |
| State/ Province | region Hovedstaden |
| Country | Danmark |
| City | Halifax |
| Church Parish | Halifax Regional Municipality |
| State/ Province | Nova Scotia |
| Country | Canada |
| City | New York |
| State/ Province | New York |
| Country | United States of America |
| City | חיפה Haifa |
| State/ Province | חיפה |
| Country | ישראל |
| City | Constanţa |
| County | județul Constanța |
| State/ Province | Dobrogea |
| Country | omânia |
| City | Montevideo |
| State/ Province | departamento de Montevideo |
| Country | Uruguay |
| City | Buenos Aires |
| City | Rio de Janeiro |
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SS Polonia was a Polish steam ship, operated by the Gdynia American Line, orignally named SS Kursk, as a vessel of the Russian Merchant Marines.
Shipping Times cites: SS Kursk was owned by Russian East Asiatic SS Co.,
Built: 1910, by Barclay, Curle & Company, Glasgow
Launched: July 7, 1910
Length: 450 feet 137,5 meters
Beam: 17.2 meters
Draft: 56.2 feet 7.6 meters
Engine: Twin steam turbine engines, four cylinders, 6,000hp
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In November, 1933, SS Polonia and Martha Washington sailed for for Palestine.
They were turn back by radio warnings were flashed by British High Commissioner, Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope. who was trying to quell an Arab insurrection.
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In 1921, Kursk was acuired by the Baltic-American Line, and her name was changed to Lonia.
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In 1933, SS Polonia began voyages from Constanţa, via Istanbul and Pireaus, to Haifa חיפה.
The ship's agent was in Dizengoff Shipping Company חברת הספנות דיזנגוף.
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On October 31, 1934, the Gdynia-America Line GAL began operations with three passenger vessels taken over from their partner:
* SS Polonia
* SS Pulaski
* SS Kosciuszko
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In September, 1935, Shmuel Poznanski sailed from Constanţa to Haifa חיפה, aboard SS Polonia.
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In February, 1938, SS Polonia sailed to Haifa, on her her last voyage to Israel.
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In 1939, SS Polonia was sold for scrap, after 29 years of service.
Web Links
| Type | Link/ Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Web Home | SS Polonia, from Wikipedia (Polski) |
| 2 | Web Home | פולוניה (ספינה), from ויקיפדיה |
| 3 | Web Search | Palestine: Jews Not wanted, from Time.com |
| 4 | Web Search | ss Kursk, from Shipping Times |