TSS Stefan Batory
(GPM)
The TS/S Stefan Batory was an ocean liner built in the Netherlands in 1952, as the fourth HA liner to serve under the name of SS Maasdam.
(GPM)
The TS/S Stefan Batory was an ocean liner built in the Netherlands in 1952, as the fourth HA liner to serve under the name of SS Maasdam.
Historical information:
The TS/S Stefan Batory was an ocean liner built in the Netherlands in 1952, as the fourth HA liner to serve under the name of SS Maasdam, initially used to service the Dutch East Indies by the Holland America Line.
She was bought from the Netherlands in June 1968 and began service as a Polish ocean liner on 11 April 1969 as a replacement for the then obsolete, but legendary MS Batory, both named after a king of Poland Stefan Batory (1533–1586).
After she was refitted and renamed at Gdansk, she became the flagship of the Polish Ocean Lines (1969–1988) and mainly sailed from Gdynia–Copenhagen–Rotterdam–London–Montreal–Southampton–Rotterdam–Copenhagen–Gdynia.