MS Milwaukee (1929)
 MS Milwaukee's sister ship MS St. Louis
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| History | |
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  Germany | |
| Name | Milwaukee |
| Owner | Hamburg-America Line |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Hamburg |
| Launched | 20 February 1929 |
| Maiden voyage | 28 March 1929 |
| Fate | Given to British government in 1945 |
| Notes | Sister ship to MS St. Louis |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Empire Waveney |
| Acquired | 1945 |
| In service | 1945 |
| Out of service | June 1947 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger liner |
| Tonnage | 16,699 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 575.85 ft (175.52 m) |
| Beam | 72.44 ft (22.08 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 double acting MAN, six-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Capacity | 703 passengers |
MS Milwaukee was a German diesel-powered,
Second World War the ship was used as a barracks ship by the Kriegsmarine. In 1945, the ship was handed to the British government under the name Empire Waveney and was used to carry troops. On 1 March 1946, she was badly damaged by fire at dock in Liverpool
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She was scrapped in Scotland in 1947.[1][2]