MS Milwaukee (1929)
MS Milwaukee was a German diesel powered, passenger ship built by Blohm & Voss and launched in February, 1929 for the Hamburg-America Line. She was used on the transatlantic service from Hamburg to New York and made cruises to the Canary Islands, Madeira and Spain. During the Second World War the ship was used as a barracks ship by the Kriegsmarine. In 1945, the ship was handed to the British government under the name Empire Waveney and was used to carry troops. on Mar 1, 1946, she was badly damaged by fire at dock in Liverpool.
 MS Milwaukee's sistership MS St. Louis | |
| History | |
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| Name | MS Milwaukee |
| Owner | Hamburg-America Line |
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| Port of registry | Hamburg |
| Launched | February 20, 1929 |
| Maiden voyage | March 28, 1929 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1952 |
| Notes | Sister ship to MS St. Louis |
| History | |
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| Name | Empire Waveney |
| Acquired | 1945 |
| In service | 1945 |
| Out of service | June 1947 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger Liner |
| Tonnage | 16,699 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 575.85 ft (175.52 m) |
| Beam | 72.44 ft (22.08 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 double acting MAN, six-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Capacity | 703 passengers |
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