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SS Frankfurt
SS ''Frankfurt'' was a German Empire, German steamship built by Joh. C. Tecklenborg. First launched on 17 December 1899, ''Frankfurt'' was first operated under Norddeutscher Lloyd. She took frequent passages between Germany and the United States from 1900 to 1918. Many of her passengers were Human migration, migrants. In 1919, ''Frankfurt'' was acquired by the White Star Line after she was surrendered to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom in World War I. In 1922, ''Frankfurt'' was then sold to the Oriental Navigation Company in British Hong Kong, where she was renamed ''Sarvistan''. In 1912, she was one of the first ships to respond to the distress signals from . History ''Frankfurt'' was built by Joh. C. Tecklenborg in Geestemunde (present-day Bremerhaven, Germany), and the second of her namesake to be launched for Norddeutscher Lloyd on 17 December 1899. Most of the ship's activity prior to the First World War was transporting mainly Germans, Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Empire
The German Empire (),; ; World Book, Inc. ''The World Book dictionary, Volume 1''. World Book, Inc., 2003. p. 572. States that Deutsches Reich translates as "German Realm" and was a former official name of Germany. also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich; . from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the German revolution of 1918–1919, November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a Weimar Republic, republic. The German Empire consisted of States of the German Empire, 25 states, each with its own nobility: four constituent Monarchy, kingdoms, six Grand duchy, grand duchies, five Duchy, duchies (six before 1876), seven Principality, principalities, three Free imperial city, free Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City-state, cities, and Alsace–Lorraine, one imperial territory. While Prussia was one of four kingdoms in the realm, it contained about two-thirds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |