S.S. Bosnia, Hamburg America Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1899 at Jarrow-on-Tyne by Palmer’s Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. 7,436 gross 485ft x 57.4ft Hamburg America Line
Bosnia - Hamburg America Line steamship
Bosnia - Hamburg America Line steamship.
Here as a repair ship during WW1
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Chronological History

Year Event
1898 Aug. 13, launched as a cargo ship
1899 Mar. 22, maiden voyage Hamburg-Baltimore
1907 Rebuilt at Blohm & Voss as passenger ship equipped to accommodate 2,500 steerage passengers, new tonnage: 9,683 gross
1907 June 4, first voyage as passenger ship Hamburg-New York-Baltimore
1914 Transferred to the German Navy
1920 Surrendered to Britain
1922 Renamed "Frangestan", British ownership
1924 Apr. 2, destroyed by fire in the Red Sea

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