SS Vaterland (1940)
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The second Vaterland built for the Hamburg-Amerika Line, this 824-feet, 41,000 ton liner's construction was postponed due to World War II
. She was finally launched in 1940 but she was laid up because of World War II. She was destroyed by Allied bombers in 1943.
Her wreckage was scrapped in 1948.
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. She was finally launched in 1940 but she was laid up because of World War II. She was destroyed by Allied bombers in 1943.
Her wreckage was scrapped in 1948.