Category:Felszabadulás (ship, 1917)

Source: Hajóregiszter

Ship[edit]

• Built by Ganz-Danubius at Budapest
• Length : 77.4 m
• breadth : 7.7 m (15.3 m overall)
• Engines : Three cylinder compound

History[edit]

• 1917 Named: IV Karoly
• 1919 Renamed: Sas
• 1930 Renamed: St Imre
• In Austria from 1944 to 1947
• 1950 Renamed: Felszabadulás
• 1958 Rebuilt with extra cabin accommodation at Ujpest Ship Repair Yard
• 1973-75 : in service for the SZOT Trade Union as a holiday ship
• 1976 Withdrawn
• 1978 Moved to Szeged for use as a discotheque Renamed: Szoke Tisza
• In 2000, sold for nominal sum of 1 florin by the city of Szeged to the MAHART Tiszyacht ship repair yard at Szeged as she would not have her safety permit renewed.
• 2005 Bought by the Europe Rendezvényiroda Kft, an operator of Danube cruise vessels with a view to a return to operational service on long distance cruises
• 2006.12 As the contracted requirement to begin renovation had not been met, the ship's ownership reverted to Tiszayacht.
• 2012 Scrapped after melting ice in late February caused her hull to crack and her to sink at her shallow moorings. Engines and certain internal fittings were saved