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SS Scharnhorst (1904)
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The SS Scharnhorst was a German passenger liner launched in 1904. The ship was laid down at the Tecklenborg Shipping Yard in Geestemünde, Germany, for the Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping company.
Scharnhorst belonged to a class of steamers known as the General class. Her sisterships were the steamships Zieten, Roon, Seydlitz, Gneisenau, Bülow, York, Kleist, Goeben, Lützow and Derfflinger, all built for the German Imperial Postservice to Australia and the Far East. Seldom this ships were run on the Northatlantic service of the Lloyd.
On 19 December, 1908, Scharnhorst arrived in New York harbor, after having been delayed by inclement weather. Two passengers died on the ship, one killed by a wave that washed him into the railing. Both passengers were buried the next day.
When the First War started she had made 19 Tours to Australia, seven to the FarEast and five to the USA. She was the only ship of the class to be in Germany in 1914 and was use vor some time as a transport in the Baltic sea.
1919 she was passed to France and used 1921 to 1931 in French service as La Bourdonnais. 1934 the former Scharnhorst was broken up.
Scharnhorst belonged to a class of steamers known as the General class. Her sisterships were the steamships Zieten, Roon, Seydlitz, Gneisenau, Bülow, York, Kleist, Goeben, Lützow and Derfflinger, all built for the German Imperial Postservice to Australia and the Far East. Seldom this ships were run on the Northatlantic service of the Lloyd.
On 19 December, 1908, Scharnhorst arrived in New York harbor, after having been delayed by inclement weather. Two passengers died on the ship, one killed by a wave that washed him into the railing. Both passengers were buried the next day.
When the First War started she had made 19 Tours to Australia, seven to the FarEast and five to the USA. She was the only ship of the class to be in Germany in 1914 and was use vor some time as a transport in the Baltic sea.
1919 she was passed to France and used 1921 to 1931 in French service as La Bourdonnais. 1934 the former Scharnhorst was broken up.