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one built in Scotland, other in Italy
Greetings Ben.
quote:Originally posted by SSTRAVELER:That maybe true Ben but De Schelde and Swedish American were basically not on speaking terms when the Kungsholm 1953 was delivered. Not that long ago I was talking with someone who was at De Schelde in those days and he said the two companies fought over everything when the Kungsholm was under construction. He said there was no expectation that they would build any more ships for Swedish American or Brostrom and basically no relationship with the owners after 1953.
I hear that to but not sure if it was that serious. Thanks fore explaining.
About building on different shipyards, SAL actually never built two ships at the same yard. SAL was very tactical and smart when ordering their newbuilds. Almost in all cases they got very good and well constructed ships to very low prices. in the book "Amerikabåtarna" it is said that on more than on accasion SAL actually did non oblgated extra payments to shipyards just to keep the relationship up during construction because the contract price was so low.
This is true--there were a number of delays in the construction of KUNGSHOLM, partly due to SAL's demanding conditions and partly due to unavailability of certain materials. Also the rapid increase in labor costs as well as materials cost, forced KMS (the builders) to actually lose money in this project. The ship, although very well-built, was delivered late, and was a financial disaster for KMS. They never built another passenger ship after this.
The background to all of this is explained in the excellent book "KUNGSHOLM-EUROPA-COLUMBUS C", by Dr. Nico Guns, a Dutchman.
Rich
quote:Originally posted by rd77:The book (or should I say "bible") by Nico Guns is an amazing work. It is massive, exhaustive and weighs a ton! I am lucky that my local library stocks it. And then to think that Guns did several of these massive books on Dutch liners (DEMPO/BALOERAN for example and two(!) volumes on WILLEM RUYS/ACHILLE LAURO).
I have the DEMPO/BALOERAN book you need a table to reed the heavy book.
Another great book is about the ORANJE/ANGELINA LAURO, by Wim Grund.
If you're an ocean liner fan, these books are invaluable. Even if you don't read Dutch, the photos and plans alone are worth the cost, plus there is usually a summary in English at the end.
[ 10-07-2011: Message edited by: Linerrich ]
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