| |
The Fleets
German-Australian Line / Deutsche-Australische
Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft, Hamburg
Formed in 1888 to operate services from Hamburg via Antwerp
and the Cape to Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. The service commenced
in July 1889, but within a couple of years, passenger services to Australia
were discontinued and the company restricted it's activities to the cargo
trade to Australia and the Dutch East Indies and latterly to North and
South America. Taken over by the Hamburg
America Line in 1926 and lost it's identity as a seperate concern.
Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data.
The following list was extracted from various sources. This is not an
all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. If you would like
to know more about a vessel, visit the Ship
Descriptions (onsite) or Immigrant
Ship web site.
Funnel:
Black funnel with broad white & broad red stripe
Fleet: |
 |
| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
| Adelaide |
1911 |
1914 interned Sao Paulo, 1916 seized by Portugal
renamed Cunene. |
5,898 |
| Albany |
1911 |
1914 interned Syracuse, 1915 seized by Italy,
1918 renamed Matteo Renato Imbriani mined and sunk. |
5,582 |
| Altona (1) |
1902 |
1914 seized by Australia at Melbourne, renamed
Conargo, 1918 torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat. |
4,312 |
| Altona (2) |
1921 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg America Line. |
5,892 |
| Annaberg |
1909 |
1914 seized by Britain at Suez, renamed Hunsbrook,
1919 stranded Walvis Bay. |
4,463 |
| Apolda |
1901 |
1914 seized by Britain at Capetown, 1919 to South
African Government. |
4,939 |
| Augsburg |
1896 |
1912 lost in North Atlantic. |
4,287 |
| Australia |
1912 |
1914 captured by Britain, 1921 sold to British
India S.N. Co. |
7,485 |
| Barmen |
1889 |
1894 sold to Hamburg
America Line renamed Bolivia. |
2,614 |
| Bergedorf |
1900 |
1911 stranded Cape Comorin. |
5,125 |
| Berlin |
1904 |
1914 seized by Australia at Sydney renamed Parattah. |
4,196 |
| Bielefeld |
1898 |
1914 German Navy, 1919 war reparations to Britain,
1920 to Japan renamed Kobun Maru. |
4,460 |
| Bochum (1) |
1912 |
1914 interned at Manila, 1917 seized by USA renamed
Montpelier. |
6,161 |
| Bochum (2) |
1921 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg America Line. |
6,121 |
| Brisbane |
1911 |
1914 interned Mormugoa, 1916 renamed Damao for
Portugal, 1918 torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat. |
5,668 |
| Cannstatt |
1913 |
1914 seized by Australia at Brisbane renamed
Bakara. |
5,930 |
| Cassell |
1922 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg America Line. |
6,047 |
| Ceylon |
1916 |
1919 war reparations to Britain, 1920 to David
SS Co., London renamed Ardover. |
7,600 |
| Chemnitz |
1889 |
1906 sold to Lihn & Co., Chile renamed Enrique
Lihn. |
2,700 |
| Colmar |
1912 |
1914 interned at Madeira, 1916 seized by Portugal
renamed Machico. |
6,184 |
| Dortmund |
1926 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg America Line. |
5,138 |
| Duisburg (1) |
1900 |
1915 sold to G. Siemers & Co, Hamburg, renamed
Burgermeister von Melle. |
4,520 |
| Duisburg (2) |
1925 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg America Line, 1928
renamed Heidelberg. |
6,530 |
| Dusseldorf (1) |
1912 |
1914 interned at Barcelona, 1919 war reparations
to France, 1921 passed to Britain, renamed City of Boston for Ellerman
Line. |
5,877 |
| Dusseldorf (2) |
1922 |
1923 stranded at Valparaiso. |
5,146 |
| Elberfeld |
1889 |
1894 sold to Hamburg
America Line renamed Hercynia. |
2,617 |
| Elbing |
1898 |
1919 war reparations to Britain, 1921 sold to
Reederei Kayser AG, Hamburg renamed Heinrich Kayser. |
4,884 |
| Elmshorn |
1910 |
1914 interned Manila, 1917 seized by USA renamed
Casco, 1922 repurchased by German Australia Line renamed Mannheim,
1925 renamed Elmshorn, 1926 taken over by Hamburg
America Line. |
4,594 |
| Erlangen |
1889 |
1894 stranded and sank. |
2,750 |
| Essen (1) |
1889 |
1907 sold to de Freitas & Co., renamed
Austria. |
2,985 |
| Essen (2) |
1912 |
1914 interned Delagoa Bay, 1916 seized by Portugal
renamed Inhambane. |
5,878 |
| Essen (3) |
1922 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg
America Line. |
5,158 |
| Esslingen |
1910 |
1914 interned Manila, 1917 seized by USA renamed
Nyanza. |
4,902 |
| Flensburg |
1895 |
1912 sold to Reederei AG, Oceana, Hamburg renamed
Waltraute. |
4,435 |
| Forst |
1918 |
1919 war reparations to Britain, 1921 to Hogarth
& Sons renamed Baron Ogilvy. |
5,850 |
| Freiberg |
1914 |
1914 interned at Sourabaya,
1919 war reparations to Britain, 1921 renamed City of Sydney, 1923
repurchased by German Australia Line renamed Luneburg (2), 1926
taken
over by Hamburg America Line. |
5,811 |
| Freiburg |
1923 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg
America Line. |
5,165 |
| Fremantle |
1911 |
1914 interned at Cadiz, 1919 war reparations
to France, 1921 renamed Andromede. |
5,872 |
| Furth |
1907 |
1914 seized by Britain renamed Kerman. |
4,229 |
| Gera (1) |
1916 |
1919 war reparations to Britain, 1920 to David
SS Co., London renamed Bourne. |
5,831 |
| Gera (2) |
1923 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg America Line. |
5,156 |
| Goslar |
1906 |
1914 seized by Britain at Suez, renamed Huntsfall,
1916 torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat. |
4,331 |
| Guben |
1914 |
1915 became German surface raider GRIEF, 1916
sunk in battle with British Armed Merchant Cruisers ANDES and ALCANTARA.
|
4,750 |
| Hagen (1) |
1906 |
1914 interned at Sourabaya, 1919 war reparations
to Britain, 1921 sold to Greece renamed Aegeon. |
4,210 |
| Hagen (2) |
1921 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg
America Line. |
5,988 |
| Halle |
1921 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg
America Line. |
5,899 |
| Hamburg |
1920 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg
America Line renamed
Naumburg. |
5,878 |
| Hamm (1) |
1920 |
1914 seized by Britain, 1922 sold to Greece renamed
Aghios Marcos. |
4,598 |
| Hamm (2) |
1907 |
ex- Hestia, 1920 purchased from DG Neptun, Bremen
renamed Hamm, 1925 sold to E. Russ, Hamburg renamed Fohr. |
1,245 |
| Hanau (1) |
1907 |
1919 war reparations to Britain, 1921 sold to
F. Bolton & Co., renamed Ribera. |
4,213 |
| Hanau (2) |
1921 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg
America Line. |
5,892 |
| Hannover |
1921 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg
America Line, 1931
renamed Hamm. |
5,874 |
| Harburg (1) |
1899 |
1914 interned at New York, 1917 seized by USA
renamed Pawnee. |
5,134 |
| Harburg (2) |
|
see Worms |
|
| Hobart |
1912 |
1914 seized by Australia at Melbourne renamed
Baram. |
5,923 |
| Hof |
1913 |
1914 interned at Delagoa Bay, 1916 seized by
Portugal renamed Gaza. |
4,705 |
| Inlander |
1901 |
1906 sold to Schliewinsky & Ziegler, Hamburg
renamed Sascha. |
752 |
| Iserlohn (1) |
1909 |
1914 interned at Batavia, 1919 war reparations
to Britain, 1921 sold to St. Just SS Co., renamed Union City. |
4,667 |
| Iserlohn (2) |
1922 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg
America Line. |
3,704 |
| Itzehoe |
1899 |
1911 wrecked Cape Recife. |
5,134 |
| Java |
1913 |
1919 war reparations to France, 1920 renamed
Min. |
7,676 |
| Kiel (1) |
1900 |
1914 interned Wilmington, Del., 1917 seized by
USA renamed Camden. |
4,510 |
| Kiel (2) |
1922 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg
America Line. |
3,703 |
| Laeisz |
1901 |
1901 struck rock and sank in Red Sea. |
5,157 |
| Lennep |
1915 |
1919 war reparations to Britain, 1921 to J. Coull
& Co., Newcastle renamed Brant County. |
4,750 |
| Linden |
1906 |
1914 interned at Batavia, 1918 to Royal Holland
Lloyd renamed Eemland. |
4,188 |
| Lubeck (1) |
1914 |
1914 interned in Dutch East Indies, 1919 war
reparations to Britain, 1921 to J. Hain & Co. renamed Trelevan. |
4,770 |
| Lubeck (2) |
1922 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg
America Line. |
3,703 |
| Luneburg (1) |
1912 |
1914 interned at Macassar, 1919 war reparations
to Britain, 1921 to P & O Steam
Nav. Co., renamed Padua. |
5,819 |
| Luneburg (2) |
|
see Freiberg |
|
| Magdeburg (1) |
1900 |
1914 interned New York, 1917 seized by USA renamed
Neuse. |
5,154 |
| Magdeburg (2) |
1925 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg
America Line. |
6,128 |
| Mannheim (1) |
1911 |
1919 war reparations to France, 1921 renamed
Lieutenant St. Loubert Bie. |
5,878 |
| Mannheim (2) |
|
see Elmshorn |
|
| Meissen |
1897 |
1913 sold to Reederei AG, Oceana, Hamburg renamed
Woglinde. |
4,487 |
| Melbourne |
1911 |
1914 seized by Australia at Sydney, renamed Boonah.
|
5,926 |
| Neumunster |
1907 |
1914 seized by Australia at Fremantle renamed
Cooee. |
4,224 |
| Oberhausen |
1905 |
1914 seized by Australia at Port Huon, Tasmania
renamed Booral. |
4,322 |
| Offenbach |
1900 |
1914 interned at Sourabaya, 1919 war reparations
to Britain, 1921 sold to Reederei Kayser AG, Hamburg renamed Anna
Kayser. |
4,336 |
| Osnabruck |
1907 |
1914 seized by Australia at Brisbane renamed
Calulu. |
4,240 |
| Ottensen |
1904 |
1914 German Navy, 1916 sunk after striking mine
and collision. |
4,258 |
| Pauline |
1900 |
1905 sold to Carlos Salvador, Lourenco Marques
renamed Bilene. |
193 |
| Plauen |
1907 |
1919 war reparations to Britain, 1921 to Ellerman
City Line renamed City of Milan. |
4,210 |
| Reichenbach |
1906 |
1914 interned at Christiansand, 1915 to Bergen
Line renamed Meteor, 1916 torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat. |
4,217 |
| Rendsburg (1) |
1910 |
1919 war reparations to France, 1920 renamed
Mont Kemmel. |
4,639 |
| Rendsburg (2) |
1925 |
1926 taken over by Hamburg America Line. |
6,200 |
| Rostock |
1901 |
1914 seized by Britain at Port Said, 1915 renamed
Huntsmoor, 1918 torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat. |
4,957 |
| Shamrock |
1878 |
ex- Helene Grisar, 1901 purchased from A. Grisar,
Antwerp renamed Shamrock, 1902 transferred to Australian flag. |
1,335 |
| Solingen (1) |
1889 |
1904 stranded and sank. |
2,875 |
| Solingen (2) |
1905 |
1914 German Navy, 1919 war reparatons to Britain,
1922 sold to T. H. Skogland, Haugesund renamed Kari Skogland. |
4,195 |
| Sommerfeld |
1889 |
1906 sold to de Freitas & Co., renamed Roma. |
2,609 |
| Sonneberg |
1894 |
1912 sold to Reederei AG, Oceana, Hamburg renamed
Waelsung. |
4,498 |
| Stassfurt |
1891 |
1906 sold to Deutsche-Levant
Line renamed Chios. |
3,231 |
| Stolberg |
1912 |
1914 interned in Dutch East Indies, 1919 war
reparations to Britain, 1921 sold to Union
S.S. Co. of New Zealand renamed Waiotapu. |
5,886 |
| Sumatra |
1913 |
1914 seized by Australia at Sydney renamed Barunga,
1918 sunk by U-Boat. |
7,484 |
| Sydney |
1911 |
1914 interned Dutch East Indies, 1919 war reparations
to Britain, 1920 passed to Belgium, 1922 renamed Caucasier. |
5,893 |
| Tasmania |
1913 |
1919 war reparations to Britain, 1921 to New
Zealand Shipping Co. |
7,514 |
| Teck |
1891 |
1901 purchased from Woermann
Line, Hamburg, 1905
sold to Portugal renamed Beira. |
577 |
| Ulm |
1914 |
1914 interned at Amboina, 1919 war reparations
to Britain, 1921 to J. Nourse & Co. renamed Tapti. |
4,708 |
| Varzin |
1898 |
1914 captured by Britain, 1919 operated by Secretary
of State for India, Bombay, 1922 sold to Greece renamed Electra
Stavroudi. |
4,455 |
| Waldenburg |
1916 |
1919 war reparations to Britain, 1920 to R. Thomas
& Co., London renamed Maritime, then Cambrian Queen. |
5,823 |
| Wismar |
1910 |
1914 interned Dutch East Indies, 1919 war reparations
to Britain, 1921 sold to St. Just SS Co., renamed Truro City. |
4,868 |
| Worms |
1907 |
1919 war reparations to Britain,
1922 repurchased by German-Australian Line renamed Harburg (2),
1926
taken over by Hamburg America Line. |
4,428 |
TheShipsList | Return
to The Fleets
TheShipsList®™ - (Swiggum) All Rights Reserved - Copyright © 1997-present
These pages may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion
without written consent of
.
Last updated: May 04, 2006 and maintained by
and M. Kohli
|
