MS Gripsholm was an ocean liner built in 1924 by Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle-upon-Tyne for the Swedish American Line, which ran her between Gothenburg and New York City. She was historically important as the first ship built for transatlantic express service as a diesel-powered motor vessel rather than a steamship. From 1927 she made transatlantic crossings and cruises, and she brought immigrants to the Pier 21 terminal in Halifax on 101 trips. From 1942 to 1946 the United States Department of State chartered her as an exchange and repatriation ship under the International Red Cross, with a Swedish captain and crew, and she made 12 round trips carrying 27,712 repatriates. Sold to Norddeutscher Lloyd in 1954 and renamed MS Berlin, she made 33 more immigrant voyages before she was sold for scrap in 1966.
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built in 1924 by Armstrong Whitworth in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
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built in 1924 by Armstrong Whitworth in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
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MS Gripsholm was an ocean liner
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The ship was sold for scrap in 1966.
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as a diesel-powered motor vessel
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
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