15,044 grt; 7,170 dwt; 779 passengers
Operator: Polish Ocean Lines, Gdynia, Poland.
Built: 1952 by Dok en Werft Maatschappij Wilton-Fijenoord NV, Schiedam, Netherlands. Yard no: 733
Propulsion: twin-screw with 2 x General Electric steam turbines of 8,500 shp
Built for Holland-Amerika Lijn as MAASDAM.
1968-sold/renamed STEFAN BATORY (as photo)
1988-sold to Hellenic Polish Shipping & Trading Enterprises, Panama
1989-sold to City Shipping International, Nassau. (Managers: Stena Line, Gothenburg, Sweden), renamed STEFAN (Panama flag)
1990-laid-up Gothenburg and used as accommodation ship for refugees
1992-laid-up Chalkis, Greece. Planned rebuild did not take place
2000-to breakers at Aliaga, Turkey 24/3
Seen alongside Tilbury Landing stage in June 1978