SS Europa, later SS Liberté, IMO 5607332, was a German ocean liner built for the Norddeutsche Lloyd line (NDL) to work the transatlantic sea route. She and her sister ship, Bremen, were the two most advanced, high-speed steam turbine ocean vessels in their day, with both earning the Blue Riband.^[​2]

After World War II French line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique was awarded the Europa as a war prize to replace the destroyed SS Normandie, which had caught fire and capsized at her moorings while interned by the United States in New York City. Europa was refitted at Le Havre and rechristened the Liberté, serving until the arrival of the SS France in 1961 as the premier liner in the Compagnie's fleet. She was laid up in 1962 and scrapped at La Spezia, Italy, in 1963.

General characteristics
Class and type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	49,746 GRT
Displacement	55,500 long tons (56,400 t)[​1]
Length	936.7 ft (283.5 m)
Beam	101.7 feet (31 m)
Height	150.6 feet
Decks	12
Installed power	Four steam turbines generating 105,000 shp
Propulsion	Quadruple propellers
Speed	27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph)
Capacity	2,195 total passengers: 860 first class 502 second class 305 tourist class 617 third class
Crew	965