The Kippelman / Kipilman
Family
From Kolki
The Polonia
Hersz Leib and Cywja Kippelman arrived in the US on this ship. The following ship information is from the Ellis Island web site.
Built by Barclay Curle & Company, Glasgow, Scotland, 1911. 7,890 gross tons; 45 (bp) feet long; 56 feet wide. Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 15 knots.
Built for Russian American Line, in 1911 and named Kursk. Libau-New York and later Archangel-New York service. Transferred to the British Government in 1917 and managed by Cunard Line. Sold to Baltic-America Line, Danish flag, in 1921 and renamed Polonia. Libau-New York service. Sold to Polish Transatlantic Shipping Company, Polish flag, in 1930. Gdynia-New York service. Gdynia-Buenos Aires service from 1936. Scrapped in 1939.
Port of Departure: Danzig
Date of Arrival: May 12, 1921
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