The Czar

Built by Barclay Curle & Company, Glasgow, Scotland, 1912. 6,503 gross tons; 426 (bp) feet long; 53 feet wide. Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 16 knots.

Built for Russian American Line, in 1912 and named Czar. Libau-New York and later Archangel-New York service. Transferred to the British Government in 1917. Sold to Baltic-America Line, Danish flag, in 1921 and renamed Estonia. Libau-New York service. Sold to Polish Transatlantic Shipping Company, Polish flag, in 1930 and renamed Pulaski. Gdynia-New York; Gdynia-Buenos Aires service from 1936 service. Used as a transport under British management during World War II. Transferred to British Ministry of Transport, British flag, in 1946 and renamed Empire Penryn. Scrapped in 1949.

Photo: Peabody Essex Museum