SS Star of Krondor (1939)

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SS Star of Krondor
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SS Star of Krondor' underway, 1943
History
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Name: SS Star of Krondor
Namesake: Krondor
Owner: Maersk Lines Shipping Group
Operator: Maersk Lines
Port of registry: Template:Country data North Bardonia Krondor
Route: Carthiada Vabasa – Tussia Port of Nicodemus (Spira)
Ordered: 1939
Builder: Krondor General Shipyards, Krondor, North Bardonia
Cost: ₪.5 million
Yard number: 100
Laid down: September 19th, 1939
Launched: July 1941
Christened: March 12th, 1942
Completed: March 1942
Maiden voyage: November 16th, 1942
Out of service: July 14th 1955
Fate: Caught fire on July 12th
General characteristics
Type: Ocean liner
Tonnage: 83,673 GRT
Displacement: 83,000+
Length: 1,031 ft (314 m)
Beam: 118 ft (36.0 m)
Height: 233 ft (71.0 m)
Depth: 18.4 ft (5.6 m)
Decks: 14
Installed power: 12x Boilers
Propulsion: 4x Wilson Steam Engines
Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) service speed
Capacity: 3,618 (listed)
Crew: 2,283
Notes: 1,235

The SS Star of Krondor was a North Bardonian ocean liner that caught fire and capsized off of the coast of Hooseria on July 12th, 1955, en route back home from the Port of Nicodemus (Spira) within Tussia via the Port of Vabasa in Hooseria to Krondor. At that time there were 1,823 Passengers on board with an additional 982 crew making a total of 2,805 people onboard, of these 1,011 died making it by far the deadliest maritime disaster in North Bardonian History, a title it maintains to this day.

The vessel was constructed by the Krondor General Shipyards and was one of the largest constructed at the time, ordered by Maersk Lines Shipping Group in 1939 construction was completed in 1942 and underwent its maiden voyage from Krondor to Kalidara on November 16th, 1942.