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Making of the Kungsholm of 1953
These pictures are contributed by Bengt Löfgren.
The slides were used for teaching geography, commerce and shipping in Swedish schools during the 1950's
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 From Idea to Realization From the top drawing to the ship below, there was an enormous amount of work, spread out many years. These slides will tell you the story.
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 8,000 Drawings 8,000 original drawings, and 120,000 copies were produced for the Kungsholm. The design phase commenced in 1948, and eventually, the drawings could be sent out to interested shipyards. After detailed negotiations, the ship was ordered on April 1, 1950, from the De Schelde Shipyard in Holland.
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 Keel Laid The keel is laid for newbuilding 273, which will be the ship's name until it is launched.
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 The Frame The ship's frame is raised.
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 A Ship Emerges On these photos taken from the aft, you can see how the parts of the ship are welded and riveted together.
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