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SS Winifredian was a British cargo liner that was launched in Ireland in 1899. She was designed to carry a large number of cattle or other livestock, and a smaller number of passengers. She was designed to carry a large number of cattle or other livestock, and a smaller number of passengers.
RMS Homeric, originally launched as Columbus, was an ocean liner built for Norddeutscher Lloyd and launched in 1913 at the F. Schichau yard in Danzig, Germany (now Gdańsk, Poland). Columbus was ceded to Great Britain in 1919 as part of German war reparations .
In 1950, Lloyd Triestino launched three 13,140 ton ocean-going passenger liners for its service to Australia: the Australia, the Oceania, and the Neptunia. All three were replaced by two new liners, the Guglielmo Marconi and the Galileo Galilei, in 1963. [4] [2] By 1956, the fleet had grown to 31 ships.
SS Main (1904) was a 715-ton cargo ship launched on 28 April 1904, by Mackie & Thomson in Govan, Scotland. Sold and renamed Marden in 1926, sunk in collision with The Sultan off Cromer Knoll on 27 May 1929. [2] SS Main (1906) was a 2,662-ton cargo ship launched as Regina on 13 December 1906, by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in Flensburg ...
Thus Lloyd Brasileiro received the modern 6,000 GRT Montevideo of Hamburg-Süd, whose sister ship Porto Alegre left Santos 14 days after the outbreak of war and was able to break through to Hamburg. The other sister ship Rio Grande did not leave Rio Grande do Sul until October 1940, supplying the auxiliary cruiser Thor and taking its prisoners ...
The NDL liner Kaiser Wilhelm II, which made its maiden voyage in 1903 Flagships of North German Lloyd – Bremen and Europa. Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) was formed in 1857 in the City-State of Bremen, offering passenger and cargo transportation between Bremen and New York, with an emphasis on emigration to the United States.
A bulbous bow was added during her 1965–66 refit at the repair yard of North German Lloyd. In 1970, NDL merged with Hamburg America Line to form the large shipping company, Hapag Lloyd . In September 1971 she made her final voyage from Bremen to New York for Hapag-Lloyd.
SS George Washington was an ocean liner built in 1908 for the Bremen-based North German Lloyd and was named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. The ship was also known as USS George Washington (ID-3018) and USAT George Washington in service of the United States Navy and United States Army , respectively, in World ...