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- The Peace Ship was the common name for the ocean liner Oscar II, on which American industrialist Henry Ford organized and launched his 1915 amateur peace mission to Europe; Ford chartered the Oscar II and invited prominent peace activists to join him. He hoped to create enough publicity to prompt the belligerent nations to convene a peace conference and mediate an end to World War I, but the mission was widely mocked by the press, which referred to the Oscar II as the "Ship of Fools" as well as the "Peace Ship". Infighting between the activists, mockery by the press contingent aboard, and an outbreak of influenza marred the voyage. Five days after Oscar II arrived in Norway, a beleaguered and physically ill Ford abandoned the mission and returned to the United States. The peace mission was unsuccessful, which reinforced Ford's reputation as a supporter of unusual causes. The ship was named after the former Swedish Monarch H.M. King Oscar II of Sweden (until 1905 also King of Norway) who, according to Ford, was a peaceloving monarch. (en)
- Peace Ship var ett vedertaget namn för atlantångaren S/S Oscar II. som chartrades av industrimannen Henry Ford 1915 för att skicka en fredsdelegation till det krigförande Europa. Ford chartrade Oscar II och bjöd in kända pacifister att resa med honom till Europa för att mäkla fred. Han hoppades skapa publicitet och kunna påverka de stridande nationerna. Men pressen gjorde narr av projektet och kallade Peace ship för Ship of fools. När fartyget närmade sig Europa utbröt influensa ombord. Fyra dagar efter ankomsten till Kristiania (Oslo), lämnade en sjuk Ford Fredsskeppet och reste hem med en annan atlantångare. (sv)
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- Peace Ship var ett vedertaget namn för atlantångaren S/S Oscar II. som chartrades av industrimannen Henry Ford 1915 för att skicka en fredsdelegation till det krigförande Europa. Ford chartrade Oscar II och bjöd in kända pacifister att resa med honom till Europa för att mäkla fred. Han hoppades skapa publicitet och kunna påverka de stridande nationerna. Men pressen gjorde narr av projektet och kallade Peace ship för Ship of fools. När fartyget närmade sig Europa utbröt influensa ombord. Fyra dagar efter ankomsten till Kristiania (Oslo), lämnade en sjuk Ford Fredsskeppet och reste hem med en annan atlantångare. (sv)
- The Peace Ship was the common name for the ocean liner Oscar II, on which American industrialist Henry Ford organized and launched his 1915 amateur peace mission to Europe; Ford chartered the Oscar II and invited prominent peace activists to join him. He hoped to create enough publicity to prompt the belligerent nations to convene a peace conference and mediate an end to World War I, but the mission was widely mocked by the press, which referred to the Oscar II as the "Ship of Fools" as well as the "Peace Ship". Infighting between the activists, mockery by the press contingent aboard, and an outbreak of influenza marred the voyage. Five days after Oscar II arrived in Norway, a beleaguered and physically ill Ford abandoned the mission and returned to the United States. The peace mission was (en)
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