SS Pretoria — historic photograph

Hamburg America Line

SS Pretoria

German built transatlantic liner

1898 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 12,800 GRT 561 ft Scrapped
12,800GRT
Tonnage
561ft
Length
62.2ft
Beam
14knots
Speed
3passengers
Passengers
542crew
Crew

SS Pretoria was a transatlantic liner that was launched in Germany in 1897 and spent most of her career with Hamburg America Line (HAPAG). She was the second of a class of four HAPAG sister ships that were built in the United Kingdom and Germany between 1896 and 1899.

In 1919 HAPAG surrendered Pretoria to the United States as part of Germany's World War I reparations to the Allies. She became a United States Navy troop ship and was used to repatriate American Expeditionary Forces troops from Europe.

Later in 1919 she was transferred from the US government to the UK Shipping Controller. She was scrapped in 1921.

Text: Wikipedia — SS Pretoria (1897), CC BY-SA 4.0

Tonnage
1897: 12,800 GRT
Length
561 ft
Beam
62.2 ft
Draught
25 ft 9 in
Speed
14 knots
Passengers
1898: 162 1st class, 197 2nd class, 2,382 3rd class
Crew
542
Builder
Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Launched
9 October 1897
Maiden voyage
12–24 February 1898
Owner
1898: Hamburg America Line; 1919: United States Shipping Board
Port of registry
1898: Hamburg
Propulsion
2 × quadruple-expansion engines
Fate
Scrapped 1921
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