Bremen (ship, 1897)
_-_SLV_H91.108-1577.jpg) The Bremen in its original state of construction
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The twin screw steamer Bremen was built at the Schichau shipyard in Danzig for North German Lloyd as a Reichspost steamer for the Australian service. She was completed as the fourth ship of the Barbarossa class . She (like her sister ships) had two chimneys and two masts.
commitment
Reichspostdampfer / twin screw saloon mail steamer
On June 5, 1897, the Bremen started from Bremerhaven on her maiden voyage via Southampton to New York City . On October 20, 1897, she was used as planned as a Reichspostdampfer on the Bremen - Suez - Australia route.
On June 30, 1900, the ship was badly damaged together with two other Lloyd steamers in the major fire of the pier in Hoboken in New York. The two steamers Saale and Main burned out completely. The fire on the largely wooden pier probably originated from spontaneous combustion of cotton stored there. 300 people were killed.
After repairs and renovations at Werft AG Vulcan Stettin , the Bremen resumed her Bremen-New York voyages on October 12, 1901. It had been extended in the course of the repairs and had enlarged passenger facilities. The Bremen founded the Bremen class of the North German Lloyd, to which all of its twin-screw saloon mail steamers of different designs belonged. This class stood for a luxurious, comfortable crossing that was not based on the speed of the two to three days faster Atlantic liners of the NDL “four chimney quartet”.
On September 27, 1911, the Bremen began its 16th and last Bremen – Australia voyage.
On April 20, 1912, on a trip to New York, she crossed the debris left by the sinking Titanic . Passengers and crew members reported hundreds of floating bodies as well as deck chairs and wooden parts floating in the sea. Since the " White Star Line " had already chartered a ship to recover the bodies, Bremen did not take part in this task. On June 20, 1914, she began her last journey from Bremen to New York.
It was launched in Bremerhaven in August 1914 for the duration of the First World War . From October 9 to December 17, 1918, she was used as a transport by the Imperial Navy .
Post-war deployment
After the war, the ship was as reparations on April 4, 1919 " Shipping Controller ", London delivered and the " Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company " ( "P & O") bereedert .
In February 1921 the Bremen was sold to the Byron SS Co. in London , which renamed it Constantinople and used it in the Constanza - Constantinople - Piraeus - New York service. This shipping company also used the sister ship Queen Luise as Edison from 1924 to 1932 . In 1923 Constantinople was registered for the " National SN Co. " in Panama . In 1924 it was renamed King Alexander . In 1929 the passenger ship was finally scrapped in Venice .
Captains of the Bremen
| No. | Surname | Life dates | On-board service | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Nierich | April 1899 to 1907 | Nierich joined Lloyd in 1877, became captain in 1889 and was in command of the Bremen (II) from April 1899. In 1904 he was awarded a gift of honor by the North German Lloyd for his 100th ocean crossing. From September 1907 to November 1912 he served on the twin-screw high-speed steamer SS Kronprinz Wilhelm . |
literature
- Arnold Kludas : The Sea Ships of the North German Lloyd 1857 to 1970 . Bechtermünz Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-86047-262-3
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ National Greek Line / Byron SS Co. theshipslist.com (English). History of the National Greek Line - Byron SS Co.
- ↑ Thomas Stamm-Kuhlmann, Jürgen Elvert, Birgit Aschmann, Jens Hohensee (eds.): History pictures. Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-515-08252-2 , p. 581.
- ↑ Reinhold Thiel: The history of the North German Lloyd 1857-1970. Volume 3. Verlag HM Hauschild, 2004, ISBN 3-89757-166-8 , p. 128.