SS St Petersburg SS St Petersburg TrSS "St Petersburg" was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1910. "St Petersburg" was built by John Brown & Company of Clydebank for the Great Eastern Railway and launched on 25 April 1910. She was launched by Miss Green, daughter of Frederick Green, director of the Great Eastern Railway Company. She was placed on the Harwich-to-Hook of Holland route. "St Petersburg" was requisitioned by the Admiralty during the First World War and renamed Archangel in 1916. She was used as a cross-channel troopship. After the war "Archangel" returned to railway ownership, and in
Ballet of the 20th Century Ballet of the 20th Century Ballet of the 20th Century (), was a ballet and contemporary dance company in Brussels, Belgium in 1960, by the French/Swiss choreographer Maurice Béjart. For many years it was the official dance company of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie. The company was known for including South and East Asian elements in its performances. Bejart had previously founded a company in Paris, which he named first Les Ballets de l'Étoile, and later Ballet Théâtre de Maurice Bejart. When he moved to Brussels in 1960, he relocated the company and renamed it Ballet du XXme Siècle.