&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:SS_Berlin.jpg) A photo of the SS Berlin, pictured on a postcard released directly after the disaster.
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| History | |
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| Name | SS Berlin |
| Owner | Great Eastern Railway |
| Operator | Great Eastern Railway |
| Route | Harwich to Hook of Holland |
| Builder | Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Hull |
| Yard number | 379 |
| Launched | 10 January 1894 |
| Fate | Foundered on 21 February 1907 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1,745 GRT |
| Length | 302 ft 5 in (92.2 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 0 in (11.0 m) |
| Installed power | Two reciprocating steam engines. Effect: 5,800 HP |
| Speed | Cruising: 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph). |
| Capacity | Passengers: 338 |
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SS Berlin was a steel ship, which was owned by the Great Eastern Railway and built for use on their ferry service from Harwich and the Hook of Holland, which the company had initiated in 1893.
The Great Eastern Railway ordered three steamships to operate the service. The ships were named Amsterdam, Berlin, and Vienna to publicise some of the rail connections from the Hook of Holland. Berlin was built in 1894 by Earles Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Hull.[1] She had berths for 218 first- and 120 second-class passengers.