SS Huntsend

History
Germany
NameLützow
NamesakeLudwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow
OwnerNorddeutscher Lloyd
RouteBremerhaven to New York
BuilderAG Weser
Launched17 December 1907
Maiden voyage11 April 1908
FateSeized by the British in 1914, bought back in 1923, sold to Bremer Vulkan on 24 December 1932, and scrapped
History
United Kingdom
NameSS Huntsend
OperatorLeyland Line[1]
FateSold to back to Norddeutscher Lloyd
General characteristics
Tonnage8,818 gross tons
Length146.77 m (481 ft 6 in)
Beam17.55 m (57 ft 7 in)
Propulsion2 x quadruple expansion steam engines
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Stern of Lützow during tests launching seaplane with a drag sail trailing on the water, WWI

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.

  1. ^ "Troopships: Ship Descriptions - CEFSG". Cefresearch.ca. Retrieved 12 June 2013.