Difference between revisions of "SS Friedrichsruhe"
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| image = [[File:SS_Freidrichsruh.jpg]] | | image = [[File:SS_Freidrichsruh.jpg]] | ||
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− | | caption2 = | + | | caption2 = As ''SS Amboise'' |
| shipname = SS Friedrichsruhe | | shipname = SS Friedrichsruhe | ||
| shipowner = Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg | | shipowner = Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg | ||
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| shiplaunched = 22 Mar 1905 | | shiplaunched = 22 Mar 1905 | ||
| shipcompleted = | | shipcompleted = | ||
− | | shipinservice = | + | | shipinservice = 19 Aug 1905 |
− | | shipoutofservice = | + | | shipoutofservice = 1935 |
| shipinservice2 = | | shipinservice2 = | ||
| shipoutofservice2 = | | shipoutofservice2 = | ||
| shipreclassified = | | shipreclassified = | ||
| shipID = | | shipID = | ||
− | | shipfate = | + | | shipfate = scrapped |
| shiptype = passenger / cargo | | shiptype = passenger / cargo | ||
| shiptonnage = 8,332 tons | | shiptonnage = 8,332 tons | ||
− | | shiplength = 469.2 ft | + | | shiplength = 469.2 ft (143.01m) |
− | | shipbeam = 55.1 ft | + | | shipbeam = 55.1 ft (16.79m) |
− | | shipdepth = 29.7 ft | + | | shipdepth = 29.7 ft (9.05m) |
| shippropulsion = twin screw | | shippropulsion = twin screw | ||
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
− | Built for the Hamburg America Line and although it was laid | + | Built for the Hamburg America Line and although it was laid down as ''Wettin'', it was launched as ''Fuerst Bismark''. Renamed in 1914 as ''Friedrichsruhe'', and surrendered initially to the UK during 1919 (The Shipping Controller - Orient S.N. Co. Ltd) to assist with repatriation of troops, and then later transferred to France in 1921 as part of the reparations from Germany. From 1921 managed by Soc. des Services Contractuels des Messageries Maritime, Marseille with a new name ''SS Amboise'', before being scrapped in Genoa, Italy in 1935. |
+ | Members of the AIF on special service as guards and officials returned to Australia on this ship after accompanying repatriated German internees and prisoners of war on ''SS Rio Negro'' from Australia to Germany from August to October 1919. | ||
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== |
Latest revision as of 18:43, 4 October 2023
Remarks
Built for the Hamburg America Line and although it was laid down as Wettin, it was launched as Fuerst Bismark. Renamed in 1914 as Friedrichsruhe, and surrendered initially to the UK during 1919 (The Shipping Controller - Orient S.N. Co. Ltd) to assist with repatriation of troops, and then later transferred to France in 1921 as part of the reparations from Germany. From 1921 managed by Soc. des Services Contractuels des Messageries Maritime, Marseille with a new name SS Amboise, before being scrapped in Genoa, Italy in 1935.
Members of the AIF on special service as guards and officials returned to Australia on this ship after accompanying repatriated German internees and prisoners of war on SS Rio Negro from Australia to Germany from August to October 1919.