North German Lloyd Fleet List

Fleet List of the North German Lloyd Showing Ownership, Nationality, Name of Ship, Year Placed in Service, and Gross Tonnage. Gross tonnage equals cubic feet of all enclosed space divided by 100. Notations Regarding the Ship (if any), Such as Previous Name or Renaming, are shown after the Gross Tonnage.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD

(German)

North Atlantic service was established in June 1858.

1. Aachen (1895) 3,833
2. Aller (1886) 5,217
3. America (1863) 2,752
4. Baltimore (1868) 2,321
5. Barbarossa (1896) 10,984
6. Bayern (1886) 4,580; Bayern (1921) 8,917
7. Bayernstein (1954) 8,999
8. Berlin (1868) 2,333; Berlin (1908) 17,324; Berlin (1925) 15,286
9. Berlin (1925) 18,600
10. Bonn (1895) 3,969
11. Borkum (1896) 5,642
12. Brandenburg (1901) 7,532
13. Braunschweig (1873) 3,173
14. Bremen (1858) 2,551; Bremen (1896) 11,570; Bremen (1900) 10,826; Bremen (1929) 51,656; Bremen (1939) 32,336
15. Breslau (1901) 7,524
16. Bulow (1906) 8,980
17. Cassel (1901) 7,543
18. Chemnitz (1901) 7,543
19. Coblenz (1923) 9,449
20. Coburg (1908) 6,750
21. Columbus (1914) 34,356
22. Columbus (1922) 32,354
23. Crefeld (1895) 3,829
24. Crefeld (1922) 9,620
25. Darmstadt (1890) 5,012
26. Der Deutsche (1924) 11,430
27. Derfïlinger (1907) 9,144
28. Deutschland (1866) 2,873
29. Donau (1868) 3,073
30. Dresden (1889) 4,580
31. Dresden (1914) 14,690
32. Eider (1884) 4,719
33. Eisenach (1908) 6,757
34. Eble (1881) 4,897
35. Elbe (1929) 9,179
36. Eins (1884) 4,933
37. Erlangen (1901) 5,285
38. Europa (1930) 49,746
39. Feldmarschall Moltke (1873) 3,060
40. Frankfurt (1869) 2,582
41. Frankfurt (1899) 7,431
42. Friedrich der Grosse (1896) 10,771
43. Fulda (1882) 4,816
44. Fulda (1924) 9,492
45. General von Steuben (1922) 14,690
46. General Werder (1874) 3,020
47. George Washington (1908) 25,570
48. Gera (1890) 5,005
49. Gneisenau (1903) 8,081
50. Gneisenau (1935) 18,160
51. Goeben (1906) 8,792
52. Gotha (1907) 6,974
53. Graf Bismarck (1871) 2,406
54. Grosser Kurfurst (1899) 13,245
55. H, H, Meier (1892) 5,140
56. Habsburg (1875) 3,094
57. Halle (1895) 3,960
58. Hannover (1869) 2,571
59. Hannover (1899) 7,305
60. HanSa (1861) 2,992
61. Havel (1890) 6,963
62. Helgoland (1896) 5,666
63. Hermann (1865) 2,873
64. Hessenstein (1954) 8,929
65. Hohenstaufen (1874) 3,098
66. Hohenzollern (1873) 3,288
67. Hohenzollern (1889) 6,668
68. Hudson (1858) 2,266
69. Kaiser Friedrich (1898) 12,481
70. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse (1897) 14,349
71. Kaiser Wilhelm II (1889) 6,990
72. Kaiser Wilhelm II (1903) 19,361
73. Kaiserin Maria Theresa (1890) 7,840
74. Karlsruhe (1889) 5,057
75. Karlsruhe (1900) 10,826
76. Kleist (1906) 8,959
77. Köln (1871) 2,555
78. Köln (1899) 7,409
79. Köln (1921) 9,264
80. König Albert (1899) 10,484
81. König Wilhelm I (1870) 2,550
82. Königin Luise (1896) 10,711
83. Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm (1871) 2,387
84. Kronprinz Wilhelm (1901) 14,908
85. Kronprinzessin Cecilie (1906) 19,503
86. Lahn (1887) 5,681
87. Leipzig (1869) 2,388
88. Luetzow (1908) 8,826
89. Madrid (1922) 8,753
90. Main (1868) 2,893
91. Main (1900) 10,067
92. Minister Roon (1873) 3,068
93. Mosel (1872) 3,125
94. München (1889) 4,801
95. München (1922) 13,483
96. München (1923) 18,940
97. Neckar (1873) 3,122
98. Neckar (1901) 9,835
99. New York (1858) 2,674
100. Norderney (1896) 5,497
101. Nurnburg (1873) 3,116
102. Oder (1873) 3,265
103. Ohio (1869) 2,394
104. Oldenburg (1890) 5,006
105. Potsdam (1935) 17,518
106. LLOYD (Continued)
107. Preussen (1886) 5,295
108. Prinz Eitel Friedrich (1904) 8,797
109. Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm (1908) 17,082
110. Prinz Heinrich (1894) 6,636
111. Prinz Ludwig (1906) 9,687
112. Prinz Regent Luitpold (1894) 6,595
113. Prinz Sigismund (1903) 3,302
114. Prinz Waldemar (1903) 3,227
115. Prinzess Alice (1900) 10,911
116. Prinzess Irene (1900) 10,881
117. Raimund (1922) 3,667
118. Rhein (1868) 3,075
119. Rhein (1899) 10,058
120. Rio Bravo (1924) 5,946
121. Rio Panuco (1924) 5,944
122. Roland (1893) 3,603
123. Roon (1903) 8,022
124. Saale (1886) 5,381
125. Saarbrücken (1923) 9,429
126. Sachsen (1886) 5,026 Salier (1875) 3,098
127. Scharnhorst (1904) 8,131
128. Scharnhorst (1935) 18,184
129. Schleswig (1903) 6,955
130. Schwabenstein (1954) 8,955
131. Seydlitz (1903) 7,942
132. Sierra Cordoba (1913) 8,226
133. Sierra Cordoba (1923) 11,469
134. Sierra Morena (1924) 11,430
135. Sierra Nevada (1912) 8,235
136. Sierra Nevada (1922) 8,753
137. Sierra Salvada (1912) 8,227
138. Sierra Ventana (1912) 8,396
139. Sierra Ventana (1923) 11,392
140. Spree (1890) 6,963
141. Steuben (1922) 14,690
142. Strassburg (1872) 3,025
143. Stuttgart (1889) 5,048
144. Stuttgart (1923) 13,387
145. Trave (1886) 5,262
146. Trier (1924) 9,415
147. Tubingen (1900) 5,586
148. Union (1866) 2,873
149. Weimar (1891) 4,996
150. Werra (1882) 5,109
151. Werra (1922) 9,476
152. Weser (1858) 2,266
153. Weser (1867) 2,871
154. Weser (1922) 9,444
155. Wilhelm Gustolff (1937) 25,484
156. Willehad (1894) 4,761
157. Wittekind (1894) 4,755
158. Wittenberg (1895) 3,689
159. Wurzburg (1900) 5,085
160. Yorck (1906) 8,976
161. Zepplelin (1914) 14,588
162. Zielen (1902) 8,043

Aachen (1895) North German Lloyd

Built by "Vulkan", Stettin, Germany. Tonnage: 3,833 Dimensions: 355' x 43'. Single-screw, 1knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and one funnel. Fate: Sunk in the Baltic as German naval auxiliary during the First World War. Sister ship: Crefeld.

Aller (1886) North German Lloyd

Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Glasgow. Tonnage: 5,217. Dimensions: 437' x 48'. Propulsion: Single Screw, 17 knots. Masts and Funnels: Four masts and two funnels. Note: First Atlantic express steamship with triple expansion engines. Fate: Broken up in 1904. Sister ships: Saale and Trave.

Barbarossa (1896) North German Lloyd

Built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany. Tonnage: 10,984. Dimensions: 526' x 60'. Propulsion: Twin-screw, 15 1/2 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and two funnels. Passengers: 226 first, 255 second, 1,600 third. Services: Interchangeable between New York and Australian trades. Renamed: Mercury (1917). WWI Service: Served as an American troopship in World War I. Fate: Scrapped in 1924. Similar ships: Friedrich der Grosse and Königin Luise.

Bayern (1886) North German Lloyd

Built by "Vulkan", Stettin, Germany. Tonnage: 4,580. Dimensions: 388' x 45'. Propulsion: Single-screw, 14 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and one funnel. Design Notes: Steel hull. Modifications: Lengthened to 440 feet (5,034 tons) in 1894. Fate: Sold to Italian shipbreakers in 1909. Sister ships: Preussen and Sachsen.

Bayern (1921) North German Lloyd

Built by Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack, Germany. Tonnage: 8,917. Dimensions: 468' x 58'. Propulsion: Single-screw, 13 knots. Triple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Four masts and one funnel. Service: Germany-France-West Indies. Renamed: Sontay (1936). Similar ships: Baden and Wurttemburg.

Berlin (1868) North German Lloyd

Built by Caird & Co., Greenock, Scotland. Tonnage: 2,388. Dimensions: 297' x 39'. Single-screw, 10 knots. Inverted engines. Two masts and one funnel. Compound expansion engines in 1882. Maiden voyage: Bremen-Southampton- Baltimore, April 1, 1868. Fate: Scrapped in 1895. Sister ships: Baltimore, Leipzig and Ohio.

Berlin (1908) North German Lloyd

Built by A. G. "Weser", Bremen, Germany. Tonnage: 17,324. Dimensions: 590' x 69' (613' o.l.). Twin-screw, 17 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Two masts and two funnels. Passengers: 266 first, 246 second, 2,700 third. Service: Mainly in Mediterranean-New York service. Postwar Service: Ceded to Great Britain after First World War. Renamed: Arabic (1921).

Berlin (1925) North German Lloyd

Built by Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack, Germany. Tonnage: 15,286. Dimensions: 549' x 69'. Twin-screw, 16^ knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masks and two funnels. Note: Rescued a number of survivors from the sinking liner Vestris, which foundered on November 12, 1928. Fate: Sunk by a mine in Swinemunde Bay early in 1945. Salvaged by the Russians in 1949. Renamed Admiral Nakhimov.

Bonn (1895) North German Lloyd

Built by Germania Werft, Kiel, Germany. Tonnage: 3,969. Dimensions: 355' x 43'. Propulsion: Single-screw, 12 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. Renamed: Gregor. Fate: Stranded in 1920.

Borkum (1896) North German Lloyd

Sailed for North German Lloyd from 1900 to 1916 as the SS Borkum

Built by J. L. Thompson & Son, Ltd., Sunderland, England. Tonnage: 5,642. Dimensions: 409' x 50'. Propulsion: Single-screw, 10 knots. Triple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and one funnel. Service: In service to Cuba. Renamed: Asti (1916). Fate: Torpedoed and sunk in 1917. Previously Named: Ellen Rickmers (1896-1900). Running mates: Helgoland and Norderney.

Brandenburg (1901) North German Lloyd

Built by Bremer Vulkan Co., Vegesack, Germany. Tonnage: 7,532. Dimensions: 429' x 54'. Propulsion: Twin-screw, 13 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and one funnel. Sold to Blue Funnel Line after World War I. Renamed: Hecuba. Fate: Scrapped in Italy, December 1924. Sister ship: Breslau.

Bremen (1858) North German Lloyd

SS Bremen of the North German Lloyd, 1857. Harper's Weekly, 10 April 1909. GGA Image ID # 1f826a8981

Sailed as the SS Bremen from 1858-1873

Built by Caird & Co., Greenock, Scotland. Tonnage: 2,551. Dimensions: 321' x 39'. ropulsion: Single-screw, 10 knots. Inverted engines. Masts and Funnels: Three masts and one funnel. Features: Iron hull. Note: Pioneer steamship of the North German Lloyd. Maiden voyage: Bremen-New York, June 19, 1858. Made her last voyage for line in November 1873. Ownership Change: Sold to British shipowners in 1874 and converted to sail. Wrecked off San Francisco in 1882. Running mates: New York (identical), Hudson and Weser.

SS Bremen (1896) North German Lloyd

Sailed as the SS Bremen from 1897-1914

Built by F. Schichau, Danzig, Germany. Tonnage: 11,570. Dimensions: 550' x 60' (569' o.l.). Propulsion: Twin-screw, 15 1/2 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and two funnels. Modifications: Lengthened from 525 to 550 feet in 1901. Tonnage had been 10,525. Maiden Voyage: Bremen-Southampton-New York 5 June 1897. Served also in Australian trade. Hoboken Fire: SS Bremen had Considerable Damage from a Fire at the NDL Pier at Hoboken, NJ on 30 June 1900. Rebuilt: AG Vulcan Stettin and Returned to Service in October 1901. WW1: Not In Use. Post WW1: Relinquished to the P&O Line as part of war reparations. Renamed: (a) Constantinople (1921), (b) King Alexander (1924). Fate: Sold for scrap to Italian shipbreakers in March 1926. Note: On 20 April 1912, while sailing from Bremen to New York City, SS Bremen passed through the debris field left by the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

SS Bremen (1900) North German Lloyd

Sailed as the SS Bremen from 1923-1928

Built by "Vulkan", Stettin, Germany. Tonnage: 10,826. Dimensions: 523' x 60'. Propulsion: Twin-screw, 15 1/2 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and two funnels. First voyage as Bremen from Bremen to New York, April 1923. Renamed: Karlsruhe (1928). Fate: Scrapped in Germany, 1932. Previously Named: Ex-Pocahontas (1923), ex Prinzess Irene (1917).

SS Bremen (1929) North German Lloyd

The SS Bremen of the North German Lloyd. Express Liner Bremen Brochure, 1929. Go Tourist Class - Hamburg American Line and North German Lloyd Brochure, 10 February 1936. GGA Image ID # 1256146df6

Sailed as the SS Bremen from 1929-1941

Built by A. G. "Weser", Bremen, Germany. Tonnage: 51,656. Dimensions: 898' x 101' (938' o.l.). Propulsion: Quadruple- screw, 28 1/2 knots. Steam turbines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and two funnels. Laid down in July 1927. Launched: August 16, 1928. Displacement of 52,000 tons. Passengers: 600 first, 500 second, 300 tourist, 600 third. Maiden voyage: Bremen- Southampton-New York, July 16, 1929. Record Voyage: Made the Atlantic crossing in the record breaking time of 4 days, 17 hours, 42 minutes. Her average speed was 27.82 knots. Modifications: Funnels were later raised 15 feet on account of the smoke nuisance. WWII Adventure: At the beginning of World War II the Bremen made a dash from New York to Germany to avoid seizure. Succeeded in eluding the British fleet during the epic flight, by selecting the most northerly route, via north of Iceland, then along the Norwegian coast down to Germany. Fate: Badly gutted by fire during an air raid at Bremerhaven, March 18, 1941. Subsequently broken up for scrap. Sister ship: Europa.

Breslau (1901) North German Lloyd

Built by Bremer Vulkan Co., Vegesack, Germany. Tonnage: 7,524. Dimensions: 429' x 54'. Propulsion: Twin-screw, 12 1/2 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and one funnel. Renamed: Bridgeport (1917) United States transport. Sister ships: Brandenburg, Cassel, and Chemnitz.

Bulow (1906) North German Lloyd

Built by J. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemunde, Germany. Tonnage: 8,980. Dimensions: 462'x 57'(478'o.l.). Propulsion: Twin-screw, 14 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and one funnel. Services: Australia, South America, Far East and North Atlantic. Passengers: 106 first, 113 second, 1,426 third. Renamed: (a) Tras-os-Montes (1916), (b) Nyassa (1927).

Karlsruhe (1889) North German Lloyd

Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 5,057. Dimensions: 411' x 47'. Propulsion: Single-screw, 13 knots. Triple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and one funnel. Passengers: 44 first, 36 second, 1,900 third. Services: South America, Far East/Australia, North Atlantic. Final voyage: to New York in 1907. Fate: Sold to ship-breakers in 1908. Sister ships: Gera, Darmstadt, Oldenburg, Stuttgart and Weimar.

Karlsruhe (1900) North German Lloyd

Sailed as the SS Karlsruhe from 1928-1932 for the North German Lloyd

Built by "Vulkan", Stettin, Germany. Tonnage: 10,826. Dimensions: 523' x 60'. Propulsion: Twin-screw, 15 1/2 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and two funnels. Service: Bremen-New York. Fate: Scrapped in Germany, 1932. Previous Names: Bremen (1922-1928), Pocahontas (1917-1922), Prinzess Irene (1900-1917).

Smith, Eugene W., Passenger Ships of the World: Past and Present, Boston: George H. Dean Company, 1963.