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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