SS Sołdek
Sołdek as a museum ship in Gdansk | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Poland | |
| Name | Sołdek |
| Namesake | Stanisław Sołdek |
| Owner | Polish Government |
| Operator | Polska Żegluga Morska |
| Port of registry | Szczecin |
| Builder | Zjednoczenie Stocznie Polskich, Gdańsk |
| Laid down | 3 April 1948 |
| Launched | 6 November 1948 |
| In service | 21 October 1949 |
| Out of service | 30 December 1980 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Established as a museum ship in Gdansk, 17 July 1985 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | B30 cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length |
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| Beam | 38.5 ft (11.7 m) |
| Draught | 17 ft 8 in (5.38 m) |
| Depth | 17.7 ft (5.4 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 1 × screw |
| Speed | 9.9 knots (18.3 km/h; 11.4 mph) |
| Crew | 28 |
SS Sołdek is a retired Polish coal and ore cargo steamship. She was the first ship built in Gdańsk (Poland) after World War II, and the first seagoing ship completed in Poland. She was the first of 29 ships classed as Project B30, built between 1949 and 1954 in the Gdańsk Shipyard. The name was given in honour of Stanisław Sołdek, one of the shipyard's shock workers.
Sołdek is often confused with Oliwa, a former unfinished Hansa type A cargo ship, which was commissioned after Sołdek, however which's hull was already built in 1944. It was abandoned by the Germans on a slipway in Szczecin, and seized by Poland. Following this the hull was completed and the ship launched as Oliwa. Later she was renamed and entered service in 1951 as Marchlewski, serving the Polish Ocean Lines. Many sources incorrectly state that Oliwa was Sołdek's makeshift name during her launch, and that she was later relaunched again as Sołdek.
The ship is currently preserved as a museum ship in Gdańsk, as a part of National Maritime Museum collection.
The ship was used in the film Persona Non Grata as a Japanese steamer transporting Jews from Vladivostok to Tsuraga.