About: QSMV Dominion Monarch

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QSMV Dominion Monarch was a UK passenger and refrigerated cargo liner. Her name was a reference to the Dominion of New Zealand. The unusual prefix "QSMV" stood for quadruple-screw motor vessel. The ship was built in England in 1937–39, and when new she set a number of records for her size and power. She operated between Britain and New Zealand via Australia in civilian service 1938–40 and 1948–62 and was a troop ship 1940–47. She spent half of 1962 in the Port of Seattle as a floating hotel for the Century 21 Exposition and was then scrapped in Japan.

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  • Die Dominion Monarch war ein britisches Passagier- und Frachtschiff der Shaw, Savill & Albion Steamship Company, das 1939 für den Liniendienst nach Australien und Neuseeland in Betrieb genommen wurde. Nachdem das Schiff während des Zweiten Weltkriegs als Truppentransporter genutzt wurde kehrte es in 1948 in den Liniendienst zurück. Nach einer kurzen Nutzung als Hotelschiff in Seattle wurde die Dominion Monarch 1962 im japanischen Osaka verschrottet. Die Dominion Monarch war das leistungsstärkste Motorschiff seiner Zeit. (de)
  • QSMV Dominion Monarch was a UK passenger and refrigerated cargo liner. Her name was a reference to the Dominion of New Zealand. The unusual prefix "QSMV" stood for quadruple-screw motor vessel. The ship was built in England in 1937–39, and when new she set a number of records for her size and power. She operated between Britain and New Zealand via Australia in civilian service 1938–40 and 1948–62 and was a troop ship 1940–47. She spent half of 1962 in the Port of Seattle as a floating hotel for the Century 21 Exposition and was then scrapped in Japan. (en)
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  • 1962-04-21 (xsd:date)
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dbo:completionDate
  • 1939-01-12 (xsd:date)
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  • 1500000.0
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  • 1937-07-14 (xsd:date)
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  • 200.436480 (xsd:double)
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  • 1939-02-17 (xsd:date)
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  • 25.847040 (xsd:double)
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  • 1938-07-27 (xsd:date)
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  • arrived 25 November 1962,Osaka, Japan to bescrapped
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  • 39.818000 (xsd:double)
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  • 44639 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
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  • 1124984333 (xsd:integer)
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  • *DEMS from September 1939: *1 × BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun *1 × anti-aircraft gun *Armament upgraded December 1940 (en)
dbp:shipBuilder
  • Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson (en)
dbp:shipCapacity
  • *1939–40: 525 1st class passengers *1940–47: 3,556 troops *1948–62: 508 1st class passengers *Holds: , taking about 3,600 tons general cargo & 12,800 tons frozen meat or dairy produce (en)
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  • Dominion Monarch (en)
dbp:shipCompleted
  • 1939-01-12 (xsd:date)
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  • United Kingdom (en)
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  • 385 (xsd:integer)
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  • 6 (xsd:integer)
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  • 0001-11-25 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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  • *UK official number 166828 *Call sign and code letters GRGG * (en)
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  • QSMV Dominion Monarch.png (en)
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  • 1937-07-14 (xsd:date)
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  • 1938-07-27 (xsd:date)
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  • p/p (en)
dbp:shipMaidenVoyage
  • 1939-02-17 (xsd:date)
dbp:shipName
  • *Dominion Monarch *Dominion Monarch Maru (en)
dbp:shipNickname
  • *"D.M." *"Dominion Maniac" *"The Bucket of Blood" (en)
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  • *1939 records: *World's most powerful motor liner; *Fastest voyage from Britain to Australia via Cape of Good Hope; *Largest merchant ship to Australia; *Largest merchant ship to New Zealand *All time record: *Largest passenger and cargo liner with all first-class accommodation (en)
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  • 1500000.0
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  • 1962-04-21 (xsd:date)
dbp:shipOwner
  • *Shaw, Savill & Albion Line *Mitsui (en)
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  • 5056 (xsd:integer)
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  • marine diesel engines; four screws (en)
dbp:shipRegistry
  • Southampton (en)
dbp:shipRoute
  • *1939 and 1947–55: *London – Las Palmas – Cape Town – Fremantle – Melbourne – Sydney – Wellington *1955–61: *As above, plus: Wellington – Suva – Papeete – Panama – Curaçao – London (en)
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  • *wireless direction finding *echo sounding device *gyrocompass (en)
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  • * *tonnage under deck 18,390 * (en)
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  • Ocean liner and refrigerated cargo liner (en)
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  • 1547 (xsd:integer)
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  • Die Dominion Monarch war ein britisches Passagier- und Frachtschiff der Shaw, Savill & Albion Steamship Company, das 1939 für den Liniendienst nach Australien und Neuseeland in Betrieb genommen wurde. Nachdem das Schiff während des Zweiten Weltkriegs als Truppentransporter genutzt wurde kehrte es in 1948 in den Liniendienst zurück. Nach einer kurzen Nutzung als Hotelschiff in Seattle wurde die Dominion Monarch 1962 im japanischen Osaka verschrottet. Die Dominion Monarch war das leistungsstärkste Motorschiff seiner Zeit. (de)
  • QSMV Dominion Monarch was a UK passenger and refrigerated cargo liner. Her name was a reference to the Dominion of New Zealand. The unusual prefix "QSMV" stood for quadruple-screw motor vessel. The ship was built in England in 1937–39, and when new she set a number of records for her size and power. She operated between Britain and New Zealand via Australia in civilian service 1938–40 and 1948–62 and was a troop ship 1940–47. She spent half of 1962 in the Port of Seattle as a floating hotel for the Century 21 Exposition and was then scrapped in Japan. (en)
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  • Dominion Monarch (de)
  • QSMV Dominion Monarch (en)
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  • *Dominion Monarch (1939–62) (en)
  • *Dominion Monarch Maru (1962) (en)
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  • *"D.M." (en)
  • *"Dominion Maniac" (en)
  • *"The Bucket of Blood" (en)
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