SS Pasteur
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File:SS Pasteur 1.jpg.jpg as SS Bremen arriving in Cherbourg early 1970s | |
History | |
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Name | SS Pasteur known to many as SS Louis Pasteur |
Owner | UK Government (1940–46) |
Builder | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
Yard number | R8 |
Launched | 15 Feb 1938 |
Completed | August 1939 |
In service | 1940 |
Out of service | 1980 |
Fate | sank while being towed to Taiwanese breakers |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean Liner |
Tonnage | 29,253 |
Length | 212.4 m (696 ft 10 in) |
Beam | 26.8 m (87 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion | four screws |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
Capacity | 751 passengers (14,000 as SS Bremen) |