| Name: | KARL SCHURZ launched as COLUMBIA |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 30/07/1912 |
| Completed: | 10/1912 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 911 |
| Dimensions: | 6011grt, 3552nrt, 410.9 x 51.1 x 30.4ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 1032nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1914: 134701) |
| History: | |
| 10/1912 | Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg |
| 1913 | Renamed CARL SCHURZ |
| 1914 | Elder & Fyffes Ltd, Bristol; renamed CHANGUINOLA |
| 11/1933 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 30/07/1912: Launched as COLUMBIA |
| Accommodation for 70 to 80 x passengers in 1st Class only | |
| Designed for the Hamburg, West Indies & South America trade | |
| 21/11/1914: Requisitioned by The Admiralty as an armed merchant cruiser | |
| Armed with 6 x 1 x 6.0ins and 2 x 1 x 2pdr guns | |
| 17/01/1920: Returned to owners | |
| 09/11/1933: Arrived at Port Glasgow for breaking up by Douglas & Ramsey |
Above photo as CHANGUINOLA is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as CHANGUINOLA is copyright of the Dickinson Album
Above photo as CHANGUINOLA is copyright of the Dickinson Album
Jarrow Express, Friday, 02/08/1912
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 22/10/1912