Norddeutscher Lloyd
Fleets
This is a list of all ships in service of the NDL. Some of the ships were owned previously by other companies.

Norddeutscher Lloyd

Section Title: Fleets
Table Section Text: This is a list of all ships in service of the NDL. Some of the ships were owned previously by other companies.

Year	Name	Tonnage	Shipyard	Fate/Status

1858	Bremen (I)	2,674 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1874 sold to E.Bates, Liverpool converted to sail.

1858	New York	2,674 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1874 sold to E.Bates, Liverpool, converted to sail; wrecked off Staten Island and sank in 1891

1858	Hudson	2,266 GRT	Palmer Bros. & Co. Ltd., Yarrow	1858 burned out at Bremen, rebuilt and in 1863 became Louisiana for National Line

1858	Weser (I)	2,266 GRT	Palmer Bros. & Co. Ltd., Yarrow	1859 sold to French Navy

1861	Hansa (I)	2,992 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1879 1879 sold to shipbuilders in part exchange for Hansa (II)

1863	America (I)	2,752 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1894 sold to Italy, renamed Orazio

1865	Hermann	2,713 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1893 sold to shipbuilder in part exchange for H.H. Meier

1866	Deutschland	2,947 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1875 wrecked in Thames Estuary; loss of 57 lives

1867	Union	2,880 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1870 wrecked on Rattray Head, Aberdeen; no loss of life

1867	Weser (II)	2,823 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1896 scrapped

1868	Rhein (I)	2,901 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1891 sold to Gray, Liverpool

1868	Main (I)	2,899 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1891 sold to Anglo-American SS Co.

1868	Baltimore	2,316 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1894 scrapped

1868	Berlin (I)	2,334 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1894 sold to Italy, renamed M. Bruzzo

1869	Donau (I)	2,896 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1889 sold to H. Bischoff, Bremen

1869	Ohio	2,393 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1894 sold to shipbuilder in part exchange for new ships, resold to Italy renamed Amazzone.

1869	Leipzig (I)	2,384 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1894 sold to Hamburg owners.

1869	Frankfurt (I)	2,582 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1894 sold to shipbuilder in part exchange for new ships.

1869	Hanover (I)	2,571 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1894 scrapped

1870	Cologne (I)	2,556 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1895 sold to be scrapped

1870	Koln (I)	2,555 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1895 sold to be scrapped

1871	König Wilhelm I	2,400 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1873 stranded at Holland; no life lost.

1871	Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm	2,387 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1897 scrapped

1871	Graf Bismarck	2,393 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1898 scrapped

1872	Strasburg (I)	3,025 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1896 sold to be scrapped

1872	Mosel (I)	3,114 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1882 wrecked Cornwall; no life lost.

1873	Braunschweig	3,079 GRT	R. Steele & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1896 scrapped

1873	Feldmarschall Moltke	3,060 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1875 sold to P&O and renamed Assam

1873	Minister Roon	3,066 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1875 sold to P&O and renamed Siam

1873	Hohenzollern (I)	3,092 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1899 sold to Hong Kong.

1874	Nürnberg (I)	3,116 GRT	R. Steele & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1895 sold to F.Raben, Vegesack, scrapped.

1874	Hohenstaufen	3,090 GRT	Earle's Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Hull	1897 sold to be scrapped

1874	Oder (I)	3,158 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1887 wrecked at Socotra Islands

1874	Neckar (I)	3,120 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1896 sold to be scrapped

1874	General Werder	3,020 GRT	Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock	1892 given for new building in payment

1875	Salier	3,083 GRT	Earle's Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Hull	1896 wrecked on Spanish coast; loss of 279 lives.

1876	Habsburg	3,094 GRT	Earle's Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Hull	1898 sold to be scrapped

1881	Elbe (I)	4,510 GRT	John Elder & Co. Ltd., Glasgow	1895 Sunk after collision in the English Channel (332 Death)

1882	Werra (I)	4,815 GRT	John Elder & Co. Ltd., Glasgow	1901 sold to be scrapped

1883	Fulda (I)	4,814 GRT	John Elder & Co. Ltd., Glasgow	1899 rebuilding abort after heavy damage and scrap

1884	Eider (I)	5,129 GRT	John Elder & Co. Ltd., Glasgow	1892 stranded at Isle of Wight, refloated and scrapped.

1884	Ems (I)	5,129 GRT	John Elder & Co. Ltd., Glasgow	Sold to Elder Dempster Lines, renamed Lake Simcoe.

1886	Aller (I)	4,964 GRT	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow	1904 scrapped

1886	Stettin	2,178 GRT	AG Vulcan Stettin	1931 scrapped

1886	Trave (I)	4,996 GRT	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow	1908 sold to be scrapped

1886	Saale (I)	4,967 GRT	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow	1901 sold

1886	Preussen	4,577 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1909 sold to be scrapped

1887	Lahn (I)	5,097 GRT	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow	1904 sold

1887	Bayern	4,574 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1909 sold to be scrapped

1887	Sachsen	4,571 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1909 sold to be scrapped

1888	Dresden (I)	4,802 GRT	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow	1903 renamed Helius, 1906 sold to Turkish Government and renamed BEZMI-I ALEM, 1914 sunk Black Sea

1889	Kaiser Wilhelm II (I)	6,990 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1900: Rebuilt to 6,668 GRT, 1901: Renamed Hohenzollern (II), 1908: stranded at Sardinia, refloated and scrapped.

1889	München (I)	4,803 GRT	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow	1902 scrapped

1889	Karlsruhe (I)	5,347 GRT	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow	1908 sold to be scrapped

1889	Stuttgart (I)	5,349 GRT	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow	1908 sold to be scrapped

1890	Darmstadt	5,316 GRT	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow	1911 scrapped

1890	Gera (I)	5,319 GRT	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow	1909 scrapped

1890	Spree (I)	6,963 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1899: Rebuilt and renamed to 7,840 GRT Kaiserin Maria Theresia. 1904 sold to Russian Navy, renamed Ural.

1891	Havel (I)	6,963 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1898 scrapped

1891	Oldenburg	5,317 GRT	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow	1911 scrapped

1891	Weimar	5,316 GRT	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow	1908 scrapped

1892	H. H. Meier	5,481 GRT	Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. Ltd., Newcastle	1901 scrapped

1893	Pfalz (I)	3,874 GRT	Wigham Richardson & Co. Ltd., Newcastle	1904 sunk

1893	Mark (I)	3,936 GRT	Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. Ltd., Newcastle	1915 Sunk by Royal Navy off Tanga, Tanzania

1894	Prinzregent Luitpold	6,288 GRT	Schichau-Werke, Danzig	1914 laid up in Messina / 1915 seized by Italy, renamed Pietro Calvi

1894	Prinz Heinrich	6,263 GRT	Schichau-Werke, Danzig	1914 laid up in Lisbon / 1916 seized by Portugal, renamed Porto

1894	Wittekind	5,001 GRT	Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg	1914 laid up in Boston / 1917 seized by United States Shipping Board, renamed Iroquois

1894	Willehad	5,003 GRT	Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg	1914 laid up in Boston / 1917 seized by US Shipping Board, renamed Wyandotte

1896	Friedrich der Große	10,531 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1914 laid up in New York City / 1917 seized by US Shipping Board, renamed Huron

1897	Coblenz (I)	3,169 GRT	Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg	Interned in Manila, August 1914 seized by U.S., 6 April 1917

1897	Barbarossa	10,769 GRT	Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg	1914 laid up in New York City / 1917 seized by US Shipping Board, renamed Mercury

1897	Königin Luise	10,566 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 to Orient Line, renamed Omar.

1897	Bremen (II)	10,522 GRT	Schichau-Werke, Danzig	1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 to Byron Line, renamed Constantinople.

1897	Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse	14,349 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1914 became German armed merchant cruiser, 1914 sunk by HMS Highflyer at Rio de Oro, Spanish Sahara.

1898	Kaiser Friedrich	12,481 GRT	Schichau-Werke, Danzig	Could not reach specified speed, 1899 chartered to HAPAG, 1900-1912 laid up, 1912 sold to Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique, Paris, renamed Burdigala.

1899	Rhein (II)	10,058 GRT	Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg	1917 seized by USA, renamed Susquehanna

1899	König Albert	10,643 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1915 seized by Italy and was renamed Ferdinando Palasciano.

1899	Köln (II)	7,409 GRT	Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917 seized by USA, renamed Amphion

1899	Hanover (II)	7,305 GRT	Wigham Richardson & Co. Ltd., Newcastle	1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 repurchased by NDL, rebuilt to 7438 tons, 1933 scrapped.

1900	Frankfurt (II)	7,431 GRT	Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1922 renamed Sarvistan.

1900	Großer Kurfürst	13,183 GRT	Schichau-Werke, Danzig	1914 1917 seized by USA renamed Aeolus.

1900	Prinzessin Irene	10,881 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1917 seized by USA renamed Pocahontas, 1922 re-purchased by NDL renamed Bremen (III), 1928 renamed Karlsruhe (II), 1932 scrapped.

1900	Princess Alice	10,911 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	ex-Kiautschou, 1904 purchased from Hamburg America Line and renamed Princess Alice, 1917 seized by USA, renamed Princess Matoika.

1900	Main (II)	10,067 GRT	Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg	1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation

1900	Strassburg (II)	5,057 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1904 transferred to Hamburg America Line, renamed Slavonia.

1900	Würzburg	5,085 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1916 seized by Portugal, renamed Sao Vicente

1901	Kronprinz Wilhelm	14,908 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1914 became German commerce raider, 1915 interned in Newport News, Virginia, 1917 seized by USA, renamed Von Steuben.

1901	Neckar (II)	9,835 GRT	Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917 seized by USA, renamed Antigone

1901	Cassel	7,543 GRT	Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1919 ceded to France as war reparation, renamed Marechal Gallieni

1901	Breslau	7,524 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1917 seized by USA, renamed Bridgeport

1902	Chemnitz (I)	7,542 GRT	Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation

1902	Brandenburg	7,532 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1919 ceded by Britain as war reparation, 1922 renamed Hecuba and transferred to Alfred Holt & Co. (Blue Funnel Line)

1902	Schleswig	6,955 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1919 to France as war reparation, 1921 renamed General Duchesne, management was transferred to Messageries Maritimes

1902	Erlangen (I)	5,285 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1917 mined and sunk in North Sea; loss of 19 lives

1903	Kaiser Wilhelm II (II)	19,361 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1914 laid up in New York / 1917 seized by USA, renamed Agamemnon

1903	Zieten	8,066 GRT	Schichau-Werke, Danzig	1916 seized by Portugal, renamed Tungue

1903	Roon	8,022 GRT	Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1919 ceded to Britain, 1921 to Greece, renamed Constantinoupolis

1903	Seydlitz	7,942 GRT	Schichau-Werke, Stettin	1933 scrapped

1903	Gneisenau (I)	8,081 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1918 seized by Belgium, 1919 sold to Italy, 1921 renamed Citta di Genova

1904	Scharnhorst (I)	8,131 GRT	Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1919 seized by France, 1920 transferred to French Line, renamed La Bourdonnais

1904	Prinz Eitel Friedrich	8,865 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1914 became German commerce raider, 1915 interned in USA, 1917 seized by USA, renamed DeKalb

1906	Yorck	8,901 GRT	Schichau-Werke, Danzig	1933 scrapped

1906	Bülow	9,028 GRT	Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1914 laid up in Lisbon / 1916 seized by Portugal, renamed Tras-os-Montes

1906	Prinz Ludwig	9,630 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1920 transferred to Orient Line, renamed Orcades

1907	Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm	17,082 GRT	Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1920 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 transferred to Canadian Pacific Steamship Co., renamed Empress of China then Empress of India

1907	Gotha	6,653 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1933 scrapped

1907	Kronprinzessin Cecilie	19,360 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1914 laid up in Boston / 1917 seized by USA, renamed Mount Vernon

1907	Kleist	8,950 GRT	Schichau-Werke, Danzig	1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 to Japan, renamed Yoshino Maru

1907	Goeben	8,792 GRT	AG Weser, Bremen	1919 to France as war reparation, 1920 transferred to French Line and renamed Roussillon

1907	Schlesien	5,526 GRT	Flensburger Schiffbau, Flensburg	1914 captured by Royal Navy, 1915 renamed Maritime, then Waikawa

1908	Derfflinger	9,060 GRT	Schichau-Werke, Danzig	1914 seized by Britain, renamed Huntsgreen, 1923 repurchased by NDL, reverted to Derfflinger, 1932 scrapped

1908	Lützow	8,818 GRT	AG Weser, Bremen	1914 seized by Britain, renamed Huntsend, 1923 repurchased by NDL, reverted to Lutzow, 1933 scrapped

1908	Giessen	6,583 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 transferred to Ellerman Lines, renamed City of Harvard

1909	George Washington	25,570 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1917 seized by USA

1909	Berlin (II)	17,324 GRT	AG Weser, Bremen	1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1920 transferred to White Star Line, renamed Arabic

1910	Coburg (I)	6,750 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1917 seized by Brazil, renamed Pocone

1910	Eisenach (I)	6,757 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1917 seized by Brazil, renamed Santarém

1912	Sierra Nevada (I)	8,235 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1917 seized by Brazil, renamed Bage

1912	Sierra Ventana (I)	8,262 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1919 seized by France, management transferred to Cie. de Navigation Sud-Atlantique, renamed Alba.

1913	Sierra Cordoba (I)	8,226 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	Supply ship for German raiders, seized by Peru 1917, renamed Callao, chartered by United States Shipping Board (USSB) and transferred to U.S.

1913	Sierra Salvada	8,227 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1917 seized by Brazil, renamed Avare

1913	Pfalz (II)	6,557 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1914 captured by Britain, renamed Boorara.

1914	Columbus (I)	33,526 GRT	Schichau-Werke, Danzig	1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1920 transferred to White Star Line, renamed Homeric

1915	Zeppelin	14,167 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1920 ceded to Britain as war reparation, transferred to Orient Line, renamed Ormuz, 1927 repurchased by NDL, renamed Dresden (II), 1934 wrecked on Norwegian coast; loss of 4 lives

1922	Köln (III)	9,265 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1934 became cargo ship, 1940 wrecked on Swedish coast

1922	Crefeld (II)	9,573 GRT	Flensburger Schiffbau, Flensburg	1934 became cargo ship, 1941 scuttled as blockship at Massawa

1922	Sierra Nevada (II)	8,736 GRT	AG Vulcan, Stettin	1925 renamed Madrid, 1935 sold to Hamburg South America Line

1922	Weser (III)	9,450 GRT	AG Weser, Bremen 1926 ss SCHWABEN, passenger-cargo ship,	1931 laid up, 1933 scrapped

1922	Werra (II)	9,475 GRT	AG Weser, Bremen	1935 sold to Italian Line, Genoa and renamed Calabria. Seized by UK 11 June 1940; sunk by U-103 8 December 1940.

1923	Sierra Ventana (II)	11,392 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1935 sold to Italian Line, renamed Sardegna

1923	München (II)	13,325 GRT	AG Vulkan, Stettin	1931 renamed General Von Steuben, 1938 renamed Steuben, 1945 torpedoed and sunk by Russian submarine in Baltic Sea; loss of over 2,700 lives.

1924	Sierra Córdoba (II)	11,469 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1935 sold to Nazi Deutsche Arbeitsfront for Strength Through Joy cruising. 1945 captured by Britain, 1948 sank under tow

1924	Sierra Morena	11,430 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1935 sold to Nazi Deutsche Arbeitsfront for Strength Through Joy cruising, renamed Der Deutsche. 1946 became Russian-owned Asia

1924	Saarbrücken	9,429 GRT	AG Weser, Bremen	1935 sold to Italian Line, renamed Toscana

1924	Coblenz (II)	9,449 GRT	AG Weser, Bremen	1935 sold to Italian Line, renamed Sicilia

1924	Trier (II)	9,415 GRT	AG Weser, Bremen	1936 wrecked off Spain, salvaged and sold to Turkey as submarine depot ship Erkin

1924	Fulda (II)	9,492 GRT	AG Weser, Bremen	1940 sold to Japan, renamed Teikoko Maru

1924	Stuttgart (II)	13,367 GRT	AG Vulkan, Stettin	1938 sold to Nazi Deutsche Arbeitsfront for Strength Through Joy cruising. 1943 bombed and sunk at Gdynia

1924	Columbus (II)	32,354 GRT	Schichau-Werke, Danzig	1939 scuttled in Atlantic Ocean to avoid capture by Royal Navy during World War II

1925	Berlin (III)	15,286 GRT	Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack	1945 mined and sunk off Swinemunde, 1948 refloated, repaired, and renamed Admiral Nakhimov for USSR. 1986 sank in Black Sea after collision.

1927	Arucas	3,359 GRT	Flensburger Schiffbau, Flensburg	1940 scuttled in North Atlantic to avoid capture by Royal Navy during World War II

1929	Bremen (IV)	51,656 GRT	AG Weser, Bremen	1940 accommodation ship at Bremerhaven, 1941 burnt out in Bremerhaven, 1946 scrapped

1929	Erlangen (II)	6,101 GRT	Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg	Intercepted off Montevideo by HMS Newcastle and scuttled by her crew.

1930	Europa (II)	49,746 GRT	Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg	1945 taken over by US Navy, renamed USS Europa, 1950 became French Line's SS Liberté

1934	Scharnhorst (II)	18,184 GRT	AG Weser, Bremen	1942 sold to Japan and converted to aircraft carrier Shinyo.

1935	Gneisenau (II)	18,160 GRT	AG Weser, Bremen	1943 mined and put ashore on Lolland Island, later scrapped

1935	Potsdam (II)	17,528 GRT	Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg	1945 ceded for war reparations to Britain, 1946 became troopship Empire Fowey

1955	Berlin (IV)	18,600 GRT	Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Newcastle	ex-Gripsholm, acquired from Swedish American Line by Bremen Amerika Line, jointly operated by Swedish America and NDL. 1955 renamed Berlin (IV), 1959 fully owned by NDL, 1966 scrapped.

1959	Bremen (V)	32,336 GRT	Chantiers et Ateliers de St. Nazaire	ex-Pasteur, purchased from Cie. de Navigation Sud-Atlantique in 1959, renamed Bremen, 1970 owned by Hapag-Lloyd after the merger of NDL and HAPAG, 1972 sold to Chandris Lines, Piraeus, renamed Regina Magna, 1977 sold to Philippine Singapore Ports Corporation and renamed Saudiphil I as a floating hotel in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1980 sold as Filipinas Saudi I to Philsimport International in Hong Kong, 1980 sunk in Indian Ocean while towing to Taiwanese ship breaker.

1965	Europa (IV)	21,514 GRT	De Schelde N.V., Vlissingen	ex-Kungsholm, purchased from Swedish America Line in 1965, renamed Europa, 1970 owned by Hapag-Lloyd after the merger of NDL and HAPAG, 1981 sold to Panama, renamed Columbus C.

Sentence(s)

In 1892, a 5,481 GRT was H.H. Meier.

final_sentence: In 1892, a 5,481 GRT was H.H. Meier.