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SS Königin Luise
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SLWA photo B2287 043 5
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Troopship SS Königin Luise arriving at Fremantle Harbour 3 Aug 1919
History
Name SS Konigen Luise
Owner North German Lloyd (NDL) line
Builder AG Vulcan Steettin, Germany
Yard number 232
Launched 17 Oct 1896
Completed 17 Mar 1897
In service 1897
Out of service 1914 Laid up
In service 10 Apr 1919
Out of service 1935
Fate scrapped
General characteristics
Type Ocean Liner
Tonnage 10,566 tons
Length 552 ft (168 m)
Beam 60.1 ft (18.3 m)
Depth 34.9 ft (10.6 m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
Capacity crew of 231



Remarks

Built for the North German Lloyd (NDL) Line, and used on the Australian, Far East and North Atlantic routes. When war broke out she was in a German port and was as a result of the British blockade of German ports, laid up until the end of the war, after which she was a part of the reparations paid to Britain. She was surrendered on 10 Apr 1919 and allocated to the Orient Steam Navigation Company which operated her initially using her existing name before renaming her SS Omar in 1921. She made three journeys to Australia carrying troops returning home, with her return journey carrying British troops home from Burma and India.


The Orient Steam Navigation Company, sold her in 1924 to the Byron Steam Ship Co of London who then renamed her SS Edison. She was then used on the Piraeus to New York route until she was scrapped in Italy during 1935.

Soldiers carried

England to Fremantle 21 June - 3 August 1919

England to Fremantle 18 December 1919 - 20 January 1920