Amerika

Other Names
Vessel Type
Passenger vessel » Passenger/cargo vessel
Ship Dates
Date built: 1930
End date: 1943
Owner or managing owner(s)
East Asiatic Company
Vessel Description

In 1939 her route was Copenhagen, Southampton, St. Thomas, Kingston, Cristobal, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver. Return voyages: Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Panama Canal, Kingston, St. Thomas, London, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Gothenburg, Copenhagen.

In 1943 she was torpedoed and sunk in Atlantic by U306 off Greenland coast on April 22, 1943 with loss of 86 passengers including 37 Canadian pilots in transit to England.

Source: Nauticapedia: Amerika

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