S.S. Abessinia, Hamburg America Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1900 at Jarrow-on-Tyne by Palmer’s Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. 5,753 gross 452ft x 52.2ft Hamburg America Line

Chronological History

Year Event
1900 June 16, launched
1900 German troopship to Boxer War in China
1901 First voyage Hamburg-New Orleans
1917 Interned at Pisagua, Chile - engines damaged by crew
1920 Arrived to Hamburg under tow for repairs
1921 Sept. 3, wrecked near Longstone Lighthouse, Farne Islands, Northumberland

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