Name: | WARTBURG |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/09/1900 |
Completed: | 25/10/1900 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 365 |
Dimensions: | 5448grt, 3516nrt, 6803dwt, 381.0 x 49.9 x 26.6ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (23, 31.5, 48 & 71 x 54ins), 460nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.5knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
25/10/1900 | Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Hansa", Bremen |
10/1905 | Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen; renamed TUBINGEN |
03/1917 | US Shipping Board, San Francisco; renamed SENECA |
09/02/1918 | US Navy; renamed WABASH |
21/04/1919 | US Shipping Board, San Francisco; as WABASH |
1920 | French American Line Inc, New York |
1921 | North Atlantic & Western SS Co Inc, Wilmington |
1924 | BWW Newhall, Wilmington |
22/07/1924 | Broken up |
Comments: | Contract Price £70256; Profit £1310-18s-8d |
08/1914: Interned at Manila | |
03/1917: Seized by the US Government, | |
09/02/1918: Commissioned at Hoboken NJ, for use with the | |
Naval Overseas Transport Service (Pennant No 1824) | |
28/02/1918: Sailed fron New York to Paulliac, France with | |
ammunition & steel for construction. | |
21/04/1919: Decommissioned after four voyages to St Nazaire | |
22/07/1924: Broken up at Genoa |
Above photo as WARTBURG copyright Hans-Jurgen Mayburg
Above photo as SENECA