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SS ' was a cargo liner that was launched in German Empire, Germany in 1908 for the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG). In 1919 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom seized her for World War I reparations. In 1921 Anchor Line (steamship company), Anchor Line acquired her and renamed her ''Assyria''. In 1929 the Companhia Colonial de Navegação (CCN) bought her and renamed her '. In 1950 she was sold for Ship breaking, scrap, but she sank off the coast of Scotland while being towed to a scrapyard.
' was built for HAPAG's route between Hamburg and First Brazilian Republic, Brazil, but in 1911 was transferred to the company's route to Mexico. There she became involved in the politics of the Mexican Revolution, first taking President Porfirio Díaz into exile in 1911, and then Arms trafficking, gun-running in 1914 in the Ypiranga incident, ''Ypiranga'' incident.
Early in her career, ' was found to roll badly. By 1911 this had been remedied by installing two antiroll tanks near her foremast and her mainmast, linked by a flying bridge. The flow of water between the tanks, controlled by regulating the movement of the air in the side branches, steadied her in rough seas. After this modification, ' was reputed to be particularly stable. Her sister ship ' was similarly modified.
By 1911 ' was equipped with wireless telegraphy. By 1913 her wireless Maritime call sign, call sign was DYA.
In 1911 ' made one round trip between Hamburg and Port of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, and then HAPAG transferred her to its route between Hamburg and Mexico via Havana. On 25 May 1911 Porfirio Díaz abdicated as President of Mexico and fled Mexico City. On 31 May he and his family embarked on ' at Vera Cruz to go into exile. On 4 June the ship called at Havana, where the Mexican ambassador and representatives of the Cuban government came aboard to pay him farewell visits. Diaz remained aboard as far as Port of Le Havre, Le Havre.
In April 1912 ' was on an eastbound crossing from Havana to Hamburg via Plymouth and Le Havre. On 13 April the Marconi Company wireless station on Cape Race signalled her, asking her to look for the :de:Deutsch-Australische Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft, Deutsch-Australische DG cargo ship , which had left New York on 2 February for Port of Durban, Durban, and had been reported missing on 22 March. ' altered course to the south to look for . On the night of 15 April 's wireless operator received RMS ''Titanic''s first distress signal. However, having diverted to look for , she was too far south to go to ''Titanic''s aid. was never found.
In April and May 1914 ' delivered a cargo of rifles, machine guns and ammunition to Vera Cruz and Puerto Mexico (now Coatzacoalcos) for President Victoriano Huerta's army. The USA tried to intervene, but was forced to back down. This became known as the ' incident.
On 7 May ' reached the quarantine station in Port of Mobile, Mobile, Alabama. On 9 May she landed 190 refugees who had embarked at Vera Cruz and Tampico. 178 were Germans, and the remainder were from other European countries and the US. The refugees accused all sides in the Mexican Revolution of "barbarity", but especially the Liberation Army of the South, Zapatistas. One US refugee alleged that Zapatistas in Tabasco tortured to death a German mining engineer and his wife.
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] was also built at the Germaniawerft, Kiel, for the South America/Brazil service. She was launched on 21 December 1907 and made her maiden voyage from Hamburg to South America.
Website about it in German
]From 1911, she, like her sister ship, was deployed to Central America. On 19 October 1912, she sailed from Hamburg to New York for the first time, and on 15 March 1914, she sailed from Hamburg to Philadelphia for the first time. On 15 April 1914 she opened a new HAPAG line from New York to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, on which she was deployed with the two older steamers Barcelona ex Arabia (5,446 GRT) and Pisa (4,967 GRT) from 1896. When the Corcovado arrived in Constantinople there was a large banquet on board with the US ambassador Morgenthau . On 20 May she began her first return voyage from Odessa via Batumi to Constantinople, Smyrna , Piraeus and New York. On 26 July 1914 the Corcovado reached Odessa again and was able to reach Constantinople before the outbreak of the First World War . For the duration of the war she served as an accommodation ship and headquarters of the German Mediterranean Division . In 1915 she was sold to Turkey and renamed Sueh . On 6 December 1918, the Allied occupying forces interned German and Austrian citizens living in Istanbul on the Sueh before expelling them. [ 9 ] In 1919 the ship came to France as war booty and was given back its old name. In 1920, she was sold to the Italian shipping company Sicula Americana in Naples and renamed Gugliemo Pierce . The ship was initially used on the Naples-South America route, sailing from Naples to New York for the first time on December 9, 1920. On November 5, 1923, she embarked on her 14th and final voyage to New York. In 1926, she was chartered to the Cosulich Line , Trieste. In 1927, Sicula sold her to Lloyd Sabaudo in Genoa, who renamed her Maria Christina . In 1930, the Portuguese Cia Colonial purchased the ship and renamed it Mouzinho . The ship was then again deployed on the Lisbon-Angola-Mozambique route with her sister ship Colonial, formerly the Ypiranga . In June and August 1941, she made two voyages between Lisbon and New York. In 1954, the former Corcovado was scrapped in Savona .
Building
In 1908 Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel completed a pair of sister ships for HAPAG. Yard number 133 was launched on 21 December 1907 as ' and completed in April 1908. Yard number 134 was launched on 3 May 1908 as ' and completed on 8 August. HAPAG gave both ships Brazilian names, as they were built for a service to Brazil. 's registered length was , her Beam (nautical), beam was , and her depth was . Her tonnages were and . As built, she had berths for 1,312 passengers: 136 in first class; 126 in second class; and 1,050 in steerage. ' had twin Propeller, screws, each driven by a Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion, quadruple-expansion steam engine. The combined power of her twin engines was 332 Horsepower#Nominal horsepower, NHP or 4,000 Horsepower#Indicated horsepower, ihp, and gave her a speed of .HAPAG career
HAPAG Ship registration, registered ' in Port of Hamburg, Hamburg. Her code letters were RPWN. On 14 October she left Hamburg on her maiden voyage, which was to Brazil. In 1911 HAPAG extended her route to Río de la Plata. In September 1910 Germany sold the battleships and to the Ottoman Navy. ' repatriated the German crews that delivered them.
Early in her career, ' was found to roll badly. By 1911 this had been remedied by installing two antiroll tanks near her foremast and her mainmast, linked by a flying bridge. The flow of water between the tanks, controlled by regulating the movement of the air in the side branches, steadied her in rough seas. After this modification, ' was reputed to be particularly stable. Her sister ship ' was similarly modified.
By 1911 ' was equipped with wireless telegraphy. By 1913 her wireless Maritime call sign, call sign was DYA.
In 1911 ' made one round trip between Hamburg and Port of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, and then HAPAG transferred her to its route between Hamburg and Mexico via Havana. On 25 May 1911 Porfirio Díaz abdicated as President of Mexico and fled Mexico City. On 31 May he and his family embarked on ' at Vera Cruz to go into exile. On 4 June the ship called at Havana, where the Mexican ambassador and representatives of the Cuban government came aboard to pay him farewell visits. Diaz remained aboard as far as Port of Le Havre, Le Havre.
In April 1912 ' was on an eastbound crossing from Havana to Hamburg via Plymouth and Le Havre. On 13 April the Marconi Company wireless station on Cape Race signalled her, asking her to look for the :de:Deutsch-Australische Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft, Deutsch-Australische DG cargo ship , which had left New York on 2 February for Port of Durban, Durban, and had been reported missing on 22 March. ' altered course to the south to look for . On the night of 15 April 's wireless operator received RMS ''Titanic''s first distress signal. However, having diverted to look for , she was too far south to go to ''Titanic''s aid. was never found.
' incident
In April and May 1914 ' delivered a cargo of rifles, machine guns and ammunition to Vera Cruz and Puerto Mexico (now Coatzacoalcos) for President Victoriano Huerta's army. The USA tried to intervene, but was forced to back down. This became known as the ' incident.
On 7 May ' reached the quarantine station in Port of Mobile, Mobile, Alabama. On 9 May she landed 190 refugees who had embarked at Vera Cruz and Tampico. 178 were Germans, and the remainder were from other European countries and the US. The refugees accused all sides in the Mexican Revolution of "barbarity", but especially the Liberation Army of the South, Zapatistas. One US refugee alleged that Zapatistas in Tabasco tortured to death a German mining engineer and his wife.
UK career
During the World War I, First World War ' was laid up in Hamburg. On 2 April 1919 the United Kingdom seized her. The Shipping Controller registered her in Port of London, London. Her official number was 143166 and her code letters were JWKC. The Shipping Controller appointed White Star Line to Ship management, manage her as a Troopship, troop ship, repatriating troops to Australia. In 1920 ' was laid up in Kingston upon Hull, Hull. In 1921 Anchor Line bought her and had her refitted as a two-class ship, with berths for 381 passengers: 241 in cabin class and 140 in third class. Anchor renamed her ''Assyria'' and registered her in Glasgow. On 28 May 1921 she left Glasgow on her new route, which was to Port of New York and New Jersey, New York. In August 1925 Anchor transferred her to its route between Glasgow and Bombay. She also made Cruise ship, cruises.Portuguese career
In 1929 CCN bought ''Assyria'' and had her refitted as a three-class ship, with berths for 429 passengers: 109 in first class, 81 in second class, and 239 in third class. She was renamed ' and registered in Port of Luanda, Luanda in Portuguese Angola, Angola. Her code letters were LDBM. Her route was between Port of Lisbon, Lisbon and Port of Beira, Beira in Portuguese Mozambique, Moçambique. Ports of call en route were Port of Funchal, Funchal, São Tomé, Sazaire, Luanda, Porto Amboim, Port of Lobito, Lobito, Moçâmedes, Lourenço Marques (now Port of Maputo, Maputo), and the Island of Mozambique. In 1931 CCN also bought her sister ship, the former ', which by then had been renamed '. She was renamed '. By 1934 's wireless call sign was CSCW, and this had superseded her code letters. On 31 May 1941 a German U-boat sank the Clan Line motor ship ''Clan MacDougall'' north of Cape Verde. On 1 June the Portuguese ship ' found 85 survivors in four lifeboats off Santo Antão, Cape Verde. ' rescued them and landed them on São Vicente, Cape Verde, São Vicente. On 4 July 1941 a U-boat sank the Harrison Line, T & J Harrison steamship ''Auditor'' northwest of Cape Verde. 75 survivors in lifeboats reached the Azores on 15, 16 and 17 July. On 25 July ' called at São Vicente, where she embarked some of ''Clan MacDougall''s survivors to take them to Bathurst (now Banjul) in Gambia Colony and Protectorate, Gambia. On 21 August ' called at São Vicente, where she embarked some of ''Auditor''s survivors and the remainder of ''Clan MacDougall''s survivors to take them to Port of Cape Town, Cape Town in Union of South Africa, South Africa. On 10 September another CCN ship, ', embarked the remainder of ''Auditor''s survivors to take them to Bathurst. In September 1950 CCN sold ' for scrap to the British Iron & Steel Corporation (BRISCO), who renamed her ''BRISCO 9''. On 17 September she was being towed to a scrapyard in Scotland when she grounded at position near Campbeltown in the Firth of Clyde. In 1951 she was scrapped ''in situ''.Sister Ship
Sister ship Corcovado (1907) later: Sueh, Guglielmo Pierce, Corcovado, Maria Christina, Mauzinho The Corcovado (8,099 GRT)See picture
] was also built at the Germaniawerft, Kiel, for the South America/Brazil service. She was launched on 21 December 1907 and made her maiden voyage from Hamburg to South America.
Website about it in German
]From 1911, she, like her sister ship, was deployed to Central America. On 19 October 1912, she sailed from Hamburg to New York for the first time, and on 15 March 1914, she sailed from Hamburg to Philadelphia for the first time. On 15 April 1914 she opened a new HAPAG line from New York to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, on which she was deployed with the two older steamers Barcelona ex Arabia (5,446 GRT) and Pisa (4,967 GRT) from 1896. When the Corcovado arrived in Constantinople there was a large banquet on board with the US ambassador Morgenthau . On 20 May she began her first return voyage from Odessa via Batumi to Constantinople, Smyrna , Piraeus and New York. On 26 July 1914 the Corcovado reached Odessa again and was able to reach Constantinople before the outbreak of the First World War . For the duration of the war she served as an accommodation ship and headquarters of the German Mediterranean Division . In 1915 she was sold to Turkey and renamed Sueh . On 6 December 1918, the Allied occupying forces interned German and Austrian citizens living in Istanbul on the Sueh before expelling them. [ 9 ] In 1919 the ship came to France as war booty and was given back its old name. In 1920, she was sold to the Italian shipping company Sicula Americana in Naples and renamed Gugliemo Pierce . The ship was initially used on the Naples-South America route, sailing from Naples to New York for the first time on December 9, 1920. On November 5, 1923, she embarked on her 14th and final voyage to New York. In 1926, she was chartered to the Cosulich Line , Trieste. In 1927, Sicula sold her to Lloyd Sabaudo in Genoa, who renamed her Maria Christina . In 1930, the Portuguese Cia Colonial purchased the ship and renamed it Mouzinho . The ship was then again deployed on the Lisbon-Angola-Mozambique route with her sister ship Colonial, formerly the Ypiranga . In June and August 1941, she made two voyages between Lisbon and New York. In 1954, the former Corcovado was scrapped in Savona .
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