The first MSGripsholm was the first motor ocean liner built for the trans-Atlantic trade.
She was built in 1925 at Newcastle for the Swedish American Line (SAL), and on 1 February 1927 made a first cruise, from Göteborg to the Mediterranean.
A second MSGripsholm, sometimes seen as Gripsholm (II), was built by Ansaldo in Genoa, Italy, launched 8 April 1956 and delivered to SAL in 1957.
Den 12 december 1941 beslagtogs GRIPSHOLM I av den amerikanska staten.
KUNGSHOLM och GRIPSHOLM var utrustad med all tänkbar lyx som pool, frisörsalonger, biografer, specialinredda lekrum för barnen, vackert inredda sällskapsrum och hytter, samt en fantastisk matsal där det serverades läckerheter av alla de slag.
GRIPSHOLM II såldes till Nautilus Armadora SA i Grekland, och fick namnet NAVARINO.
Gripsholm and this knife is believed to be from the first one.
Gripsholm as an exchange and repatriation ship, carrying Japanese and German nationals to exchange points where she then picked up Americans to bring home.
Gripsholm were used as repatriation ships and made 33 voyages to exchange approximately 30,000 prisoners of war, diplomats, women and children, between the warfaring nations.''
Gripsholm at La Guaira, Venezuela during a Caribbean Cruise 1971.
Bask in the sunshine on the spacious decks of the MSGripsholm as she loafs her way to the balmy, flower bedecked Azores; explore with us the fascination of that mysterious, intriguing city of renown, Casablanca; revel in the beauty and charm of the Canary Islands...
Gripsholm welcomed to Fiji on the South Pacific Cruise 1972.
Many thanks to Sven Fürst, Crew Purser/Cashier on the Gripsholm 1965-1968, for this photo.
The list of performers in the folk dance folder below include Stina van Ginhoven and Lennart Sundqvist, members of the Kungsholm crew in the pre-war era.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, they left the ship, and Stina worked in the USA during the war.
During World War II the Drottningholm and the Gripsholm were used as repatriation ships and made 33 voyages to exchange approximately 30,000 prisoners of war, diplomats, women and children, between the warfaring nations.
The photos on this page were taken by T. Hemingstam on a Gripsholm Atlantic crossing in 1954.
THE three-year-old importation Straight Ahead galloped himself into the reckoning for this year’s Guardian Holdings Gold Cup.
At Santa Rosa Park, Arima, yesterday morning, turfites were left agog when the son of Straight Man/MS Gripsholm “crashed the sound barrier” over 1000 metres when he put down a stunning clocking of 59.97 seconds just a fraction of a second off the course record time of Salsa Moves (59.3 seconds).
And should this Kenneth de Silva Jr-trained colt reproduce this form on Boxing Day, it could well be a fly in the ointment in the big $125,000 race over 2000 metres.
Palmer, R. Parikh, C. Patterson, Austin M. 2 folders
Syperski, Florence B. Terman, Lewis M. 2 folders
Guttmacher, A. Harigan, F. Jones, S. Kallman, J. Karn, M. Kringlen, E. Levit, S. Lasker, G. Lawrence, R. Lennox, W. MacArthur, J. McNema, Q. Matrakos, J. Miki
