S.S. Reliance, Hamburg America Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1914 at Geestemünde by J. C. Tecklenborg 19,582 gross 590.4ft x 72.5ft Hamburg America Line

Reliance - Hamburg America Line steamship
Reliance - Hamburg America Line steamship
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Chronological History

Year Event
1914 Feb. 10, launched as the "Johann Heinrich Burchard" for HAPAG
1915 Nov. 20, provisionally delivered
1916 Became the "Limburgia" for the Royal Holland Lloyd
1922 Became the "Reliance" for United American
1923 Sold to Panamanian owners
1926 Purchased by HAPAG
1926 Aug. 24, first voyage for HAPAG Hamburg-Southampton-Cherbourg-New York
1938 Aug. 7, gutted by fire at Hamburg
1940 Scrapped at Bremerhafen

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