SS Star of Krondor (1939)
.jpg) SS Star of Krondor' underway, 1943
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| History | |
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 North Bardonia
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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.