History | |
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Germany | |
Name | Lützow |
Namesake | Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow |
Owner | Norddeutscher Lloyd |
Route | Bremerhaven to New York |
Builder | AG Weser |
Launched | 17 December 1907 |
Maiden voyage | 11 April 1908 |
Fate | Seized by the British in 1914, bought back in 1923, sold to Bremer Vulkan on 24 December 1932, and scrapped |
History | |
United Kingdom | |
Name | SS Huntsend |
Operator | Leyland Line[1] |
Fate | Sold to back to Norddeutscher Lloyd |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 8,818 gross tons |
Length | 146.77 m (481 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 17.55 m (57 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion | 2 x quadruple expansion steam engines |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Lützow was the tenth ship of the German Feldherren-Klasse of passenger ships. She was launched in 1907, seized by the British in 1914, renamed to Huntsend, and eventually scrapped in 1932.