German Lines
SS Cap Polonio
German ocean liner operated by Hamburg Süd
History
SS Cap Polonio was a German 20,576 GRT ocean liner that was launched in 1914 and scrapped in 1935. She worked the Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft ("Hamburg South America Steamship Company") route between Hamburg in Germany and Buenos Aires in Argentina. She was named after Cabo Polonio in Uruguay.
In the First World War Cap Polonio was briefly commissioned as the auxiliary cruiser SMS Vineta. As such she was unsuccessful, did not see active service and was returned to her owners.
Text: Wikipedia — SS Cap Polonio, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Ship Facts & Specifications
Tonnage
20,517 GRT
Length
637.8 ft (registered length)
Beam
72.4 ft
Draught
8.4 m
Speed
17 knots
Passengers
1,555 passengers:
Builder
Blohm+Voss, Hamburg
Yard number
221
Launched
25 March 1914
In service
1915
Out of service
1931
Owner
1915–18: Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft (HSDG); 1918–21: UK Government
Port of registry
Hamburg
Propulsion
2 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion engines
Fate
Scrapped 1935
Also Known As
- SMS Vineta
