Scythia
1921
(Albatros AL-176)
- Type: Passenger
- Displacement: 19,930 tons
- Dimensions: 625 x 74 x 32 ft.
- Machinery: Steam turbines, twin screw = 16 knots
- Passengers: 2200 (350 first class, 350 second class, 1500 third class)
- Crew: 434
- Builder: Vickers-Armstrong Shipbuilders, Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness, England, 1921
- Service: Built for Cunard Line. Maiden voyage 20 Aug 1921 Liverpool-New York. Taken over as troopship 1939. During North African campaign she was badly damaged by bombing at Algiers; repaired at New York. Carried displaced persons from Germany to Canada 1948. Passenger accommodations changed to 248 first and 630 tourist class during reconditioning in 1949. Re-enetered service Liverpool-Quebec 17 Aug 1950. Switched to Southampton-Le Havre-Quebec service Apr 1951. Collided with Canadian steamer Wabana in the St. Lawrence 5 June 1952. Scrapped in Scotland, 1958.
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