Name: | KRIEMHILD |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/10/1889 |
Completed: | 04/12/1889 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 147 |
Dimensions: | 2595grt, 1622nrt, 323.5 x 39.0 x 23.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27.5, 44 & 71 x 48ins), 361nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
12/1889 | Deutsche Dampfschiffs Rhederei zu Hamburg, Hamburg |
1898 | Hamburg-Amerkia Linie, Hamburg; renamed SAVOIA |
1917 | US Government requisition - Panama Railroad Co |
1917 | Renamed GENERAL H F HODGES |
1918 | US Shipping Board (Panama Railroad Co), New York |
1920 | Panama Railroad Co, New York |
Q1/1924 | Broken up |
Comments: | Accommodation for a number of 1st Class passengers |
08/1914: Laid up at Colon, Panama | |
06/04/1917: Seized by the USA Government | |
Q1/1924: Broken up at Baltimore by Boston Iron & Metals Co |
Above photo as SAVOIA is courtesy of Karl-Josef Hagenkötter. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
The Marine Engineer, 01/11/1889