May 22, 2008 - Sale 2147

Sale 2147 - Lot 343

Price Realized: $ 180
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(SWEDISH AMERICAN LINE.) "Gripsholm" (II). Group of over 120 pieces related to the ship, including a fairly complete file of brochures, schedules, deck plans, and some shipboard ephemera (menus). Principally 1957-early 1970s

Additional Details

This archive represents the second ship named "Gripsholm." The original had been retired from Swedish American service in 1954. This twin-screw vessel was launched in April 1956 and began her maiden voyage on 14 May 1957. She later became "Navarino" and then "Regent Sea." She sank en route to the scrapyard in 2001.