S/S Drottningholm


This card was posted in
Göteborg, February 2, 1924,
to Miss Hildur Karlsson,
Stockholm. 		S/S Drottningholm "My best wishes and thanks.
Think of me some time.
Your devoted Alice."

  Original name:Virginian, (Allen Line)
  Shipyard:A Stephen & Sons, Glasgow
  Year:1904
  Tons:11,285
  Delivered to SAL:1920
  Sold:1948
  Sold to:Home Lines
  Renamed:Brazil
  Today:Scrapped in 1955

The Virginian and her sister ship Victorian were the first oceangoing merchant ships to employ steam turbines. After having been acquired by SAL, the Virginian was renamed Drottningholm and was refitted with geared turbines in 1922.
Source: The Golden Age of Shipping, Brassey's (UK) Ltd. 1994

The Drottningholm served SAL until 1948 when she was sold and first renamed Brazil, later Homeland. When the ship was dismantled in 1955, she was the oldest transatlantic passenger liner in service. During her Swedish American Line years she had carried 222,925 passengers.

The Mercy Ship
During World War II, the Drottningholm was chartered to the United States, British and French governments for the exchange of diplomats and prisoners of war. She made 14 such voyages and carried a total of 18,160 passengers.

For an eye-witness report of the mercy ship Drottningholm, read about Carl-Otto Claesson, who served 32 years on the bridge.

For more information about SAL's operations during World War II, read about the Gripsholm of 1925.

Passenger list from
Greta Garbo's first voyage
to the U.S.

Greta Garbo and director,
mentor Mauritz Stiller
on the list

Contributed by Dan Baker

Read more about the Drottningholm (look up the Virginian) at:
Immigrant Ships, a Reference Site for Genealogists
also, see our links page.

Excellent site!
Don't miss a visit to Henrik Ljungström's and Daniel Othfors' excellent website
The Great Ocean Liners where you can find lots of information about the SAL liners.

Drottningholm Gripsholm
Gripsholm of 1925 		Kungsholm
Kungsholm of 1953
Kungsholm of 1928 		Stockholm
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