SS Bremen (1896)

History
German Empire
Name	SS Bremen
Namesake	Bremen
Owner	North German Lloyd
Port of registry	Bremen
Builder	F. Schichau Danzig, Germany
Yard number	583
Launched	14 November 1896
Fate	Handed to Great Britain as war reparations 4 April 1919
History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Bremen
Owner	British Shipping Controller 1919, Byron SN Co., London 1921
Operator	P&O line 1919, Byron SN Co., London 1921
Acquired	1919
Renamed	SS Constantinople 1921, SS King Alexander 1924
Fate	Broken up Italy 1929
General characteristics
Class and type	Barbarossa class ocean liner
Tonnage	10,525 GRT.
Length	550 ft (170 m)
Beam	60.2 ft (18.3 m)
Draft	34 ft (10 m)
Propulsion	two quadruple-expansion steam engines, (8,000 hp or 6,000 kW) twin screw propellers
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement	250

The SS Bremen, later renamed Constantinople and then King Alexander, was a German Barbarossa class ocean liner commissioned in 1897 by Norddeutscher Lloyd.