Difference between revisions of "SS Main"
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Revision as of 01:27, 12 December 2021
Remarks
Almost destroyed in a fire in the US Hobken Docks on 30 Jun 1900 soon after her launch. She was refloated, refitted and again entered service on 15 Oct 1901 and used to ply the route from Bremen to Baltimore until seized by the World War I Allies in 1914.
Worked the Bremen to US routes until 1914 with the last voyage of Main from Bremen to Baltimore in June 1914. Seized by the Allied forces in Antwerp, but in October she was returned to Germany. Following the war, on 21 May 1919 she was awarded to the British Shipping Controller, and used to repatriate troops. On 30 Jun 1921 she was transferred to the French Government and laid up prior to her being scrapped in 1925.
Soldiers carried
England to Fremantle 23 July - 27 September 1919
Sailed on 29 Jul 1919.