Auguste Victoria

See AUGUSTA VICTORIA.

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Kaiserin Auguste Victoria

The Hamburg America Line steamship KAISERIN AUGUSTE VICTORIA, was laid down by A.G. Vulcan, Stettin (ship #264), as the EUROPA, and launched 29 August 1905 under the name KAISERIN AUGUSTE VICTORIA. 24,581 tons; 206 (214.9) x 23,5 meters (length x breadth); 2 funnels, 4 masts; twin-screw propulsion, quadruple-expansion engines (17,500 psi), service speed 17.5 (maximum 18) knots; accommodation for 652 passengers in 1st class, 286 in 2nd class, 216 in 3rd class, and 1,842 in steerage; crew of 593. At the time of her launch, the KAISERIN AUGUSTE VICTORIA was the largest passenger ship in the world, supplanting the AMERIKA. 10 May 1906, maiden voyage, Hamburg-Dover-Cherbourg-New York. 23 June 1914, last voyage, Hamburg-Southampton-Cherbourg-New York-Hamburg. 1 August 1914, laid up for the duration of World War I in Hamburg. 23 March 1919, sailed for Cowes, England, where she was surrendered to the Shipping Controller on 27 March; immediately transferred to the U.S. Shipping Board for use as a troop transport. 14 February 1920-1 January 1921, 10 roundtrip voyages, Liverpool-New York, chartered by the Cunard Line. 13 May 1921, sold to the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. 5 August 1921, renamed EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND; refitted by Vulcan-Werft, Hamburg: 25,037 tons; converted to oil fuel; accommodation for 459 passengers in 1st class, 478 in 2nd class, 960 in 3rd class. 22 January 1922, first voyage, Southampton-New York-Mediterranean cruise. 22 April 1922, second voyage, Southampton-Cherbourg-Quebec. 14 June 1922, first voyage, Hamburg-Southampton-Cherbourg-Quebec. 1923, collided at Hamburg with the S.S. BONUS. May 1926, passenger accommodation changed to 1st class, 2nd class, tourist, and 3rd class. 1927, passenger accommodation changed to 1st class, tourist, and 3rd class. 11 October 1930, last voyage, Southampton-Cherbourg-Quebec. 2 December 1930, sold to Hughes, Bolkow & Co, Blyth. 10 December 1930, burned out and sunk in the Hughes, Bolkow yard at Blyth. May 1931, wreck raised. October 1931, scrapping completed [Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff, Die Schiffe der Hamburg-Amerika-Linie, Bd. 1: 1847-1906 (Herford: Koehler, 1979), pp. 154-155 (5 photographs); Arnold Kludas, Die grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt; Eine Dokumentation, Bd. 1: 1858-1912 (2nd ed.; Oldenburg/Hamburg: Gerhard Stalling, c1973), pp. 120-121 (2 photographs); Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 1 (1975), p. 412]. Also pictured in Clas Broder Hansen, Passenger liners from Germany, 1816-1990, translated from the German by Edward Force (West Chester, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Pub., c1991), p. 88; William H. Miller, Jr., The First Great Ocean Liners in Photographs; 193 Views, 1897-1927 (New York: Dover Publications, 1984), pp. 34-36 (5 photographs); and in William H. Miller, Jr., Pictorial Encyclopedia of Ocean Liners, 1860-1914 (New York: Dover Publications, 1995), p. 63. -

Citation: [Posted to The Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 4 July 1998].