SS Léopoldville

The last SS Léopoldville, launched in 1948

A number of steamships have been named Leopoldville or Léopoldville:

SS Léopoldville (1895), 3,386 GRT, built by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co, Middlesbrough for the Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo. Sold in 1897.
SS Léopoldville (1897), 3,963 GRT, built by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co, Middlesbrough for the Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo. Sold in 1901.
SS Léopoldville (1904), 4,376 GRT, built by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co, Middlesbrough for the Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo. Sold in 1908.
SS Léopoldville (1908), 6,327 GRT, built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo. Sold in 1914.
SS Léopoldville (1929), 11,509 GRT, built by J. Cockerill SA, Hoboken, Antwerp for Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo. Torpedoed and sunk in 1944.
SS Léopoldville (1948), 10, 530 GRT, built by . Cockerill SA, Hoboken, Antwerp. Launched in 1948 and in service until 1967.

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