Name(s) |
Entered HAPAG service |
Notes |
Austria |
1858 |
Caught fire and sank, 1 September 1858. |
Teutonia |
1858 |
Sold to Henry Flinn, 1877. Scrapped 1894 as Mentana. |
Westphalia |
1868 |
Sold to British owners in 1887, sold again to Italian owners in 1888, scrapped at Genoa in 1901 as "Sud America". |
Silesia |
1869 |
Sold 1887. Wrecked 1899 and subsequently scrapped. |
Suevia |
1874 |
Sold to Schiaffino, Nyer & Siges and renamed Quatre Amis, 1896. Scrapped 1898. |
Augusta Victoria |
1889 |
Rebuilt 1897. Sold to Imperial Russian Navy, 1904, and converted into auxiliary cruiser Kuban. Scrapped 1907 |
Columbia |
1889
(1899) |
Sold to Spanish Navy, 1898, and converted to auxiliary cruiser Rapido. Sold back to HAPAG and reverted to Columbia, 1899. Sold to Imperial Russian Navy as auxiliary cruiser Terek, 1904. Scrapped 1907. |
Scandia |
1889 |
Sold to US Army Quartermaster Department, 1898, and renamed USAT Warren. Scrapped 1929. |
Normannia |
1890 |
Sold to Spanish Navy, 1898, and renamed Patriota. Scrapped as Compagnie Générale Transatlantique's L'Aquitaine, 1906. |
Fürst Bismarck |
1891 |
Sold to Imperial Russian Navy, 1904, and converted into auxiliary cruiser Don. Scrapped as Regia Marina's San Giusto, 1924 |
Georgia |
1891 |
Sold to Housatonic Steamship Corporation and renamed Housatonic, 1915. Torpedoed and sunk 1917. |
Sicilia / Stubbenhuk |
1892 |
Built 1890 for Hansa Line. Acquired by HAPAG during merger with Hansa. Renamed Sicilia, 1894. Sold to Shinyei Kisen Goshi Kaisha and renamed Komagata Maru, 1913. Wrecked as Kabafuto Kisen KK's Heian Maru, 1926. |
Persia |
1894 |
Sold to British Transport Company and renamed Minnewaska, 1897. Scrapped as USAT Thomas, 1929. |
Ceres / Suevia |
1896 |
Renamed Suevia, 1898. Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed Wachusett. Scrapped 1924. |
Valdivia |
1896 |
Built 1886 as Tijuca for Hamburg Süd. Bought by HAPAG and renamed Valdivia, 1896. Sold to Peter R Hinsch of Hamburg and renamed Tom G Corpi. Scrapped as Flandre, 1927. |
Pennsylvania |
1897 |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed Nansemond. Scrapped 1924. |
Arcadia |
1897 |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917. Sold to California Steamship Company, 1923. Scrapped 1927 |
Pretoria |
1898 |
Surrendered to US government, 1919, then transferred to British government. Scrapped 1921. |
Bulgaria |
1898
(1913) |
Sold to Unione Austriaca di Navigazione and renamed Canada, 1913. Returned to HAPAG and reverted to Bulgaria later that same year. Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed USAT Hercules and later USAT Philippines. Scrapped 1924. |
Titania |
1898 |
Built 1879 for Adamson & Ronaldson as Mercedes. Bought by HAPAG from Hamburg Pacific Dampfschiffs Linie. Sold 1898. Sunk as USS Marcellus, 1910. |
Sibiria |
1898 |
Built as Hertha for Kingsin Line, 1894. Sold to HAPAG, 1898. Sold to Atlantic Fruit Company, 1915. Wrecked 1916. |
Graf Waldersee |
1899 |
Laid down as Pavia, but renamed Graf Waldersee during construction. Surrendered to US government, 1919. Transferred to Britain later that year, and scrapped 1922. |
Patricia |
1899 |
Surrendered to US government, 1919. Transferred to Britain later that year, and scrapped 1921. |
Hamburg |
1899 |
Chartered by American Red Cross and renamed Red Cross, 1914. Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and later renamed Powhatan. Scrapped as Dollar Line's President Fillmore, 1928. |
Saxonia |
1899 |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed Savannah. Scrapped as Orbis, 1954. |
Kaiser Friedrich |
1899 |
Built 1898 for North German Lloyd. Chartered by HAPAG, 1899. Bought by Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique, 1912. Sunk 1916. |
Deutschland / Viktoria Luise / Hansa |
1900 |
Renamed Viktoria Luise, 1910. Rebuilt and renamed Hansa, 1921. Scrapped 1925. |
Kiautschou |
1900 |
Traded to North German Lloyd, 1904. Caught fire as LASSCO's City of Honolulu, 1930, and subsequently scrapped. |
Abessinia |
1900 |
Interned in Chile in World War I. Wrecked 1921. |
Prinzessin Victoria Luise |
1901 |
Struck reef and sank, 1906. |
Athen |
1901 |
Built 1893 for A. C. de Freitas & Co. Sold to HAPAG, 1901. Sold to Gätjens & Jarke, 1903. Sunk 1906. |
Arabia |
1901 |
Launched as Liddesdale for Mackil R. & Co., 1901. Purchased by HAPAG during construction. Seized by the British, 1919. Wrecked as Andrios, 1926. |
Moltke |
1902 |
Seized by Italian government, 1915. Transferred to Lloyd Sabaudo and renamed Pesaro, 1919. Scrapped 1925. |
Prinz Eitel Friedrich |
1902 |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed Otsego. Hulked or scrapped as Far Eastern Steamship Company's Dolinsk, 1955. |
Blücher |
1902 |
Seized by Brazilian government, 1917, and renamed Leopoldina. Sold to Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and renamed Suffren, 1923. Scrapped 1929. |
Prinz Waldemar |
1902 |
Struck reef and sank, 1907. |
Prinz Sigismund |
1903 |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed General W.C. Gorgas. Scrapped as Mikhail Lomonosov, 1958. |
Prinz Adalbert |
1903 |
Seized by Britain, 1914, and used as accommodation ship Prince and later Princetown. Sunk by torpedo as Compagnie de Navigation Sud Atlantique's Alésia, 1917. |
Prinz August Wilhelm |
1903 |
Scuttled 1918. |
Prinz Oskar |
1903 |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917. Renamed Orion. Scrapped 1930. |
Prinz Joachim |
1903 |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed Moccasin. |
Odenwald |
1904 |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed Newport News. Scrapped 1925. |
Rhaetia |
1905 |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed Black Hawk and later Black Arrow. Scrapped 1924. |
Fürst Bismarck / Friedrichsruh |
1905 |
Renamed Friedrichsruh, 1914. Surrendered to Britain, 1919. Sailed under French flag as Amboise. Scrapped 1935. |
Karlsruhe |
1905 |
Sold to Ernst Russ Reederei, 1935. Sunk by air attack, 1945. |
Präsident |
1905 |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed USS Kittery. Scrapped 1933 |
Amerika |
1905 |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and subsequently renamed America, then ceded to United States Mail Steamship Company and later United States Lines. Scrapped as USAT Edmund B. Alexander, 1957. |
Kronprinzessin Cecilie |
1906 |
Seized by British government, 1915, and renamed HMS Princess. Paid off 1917. |
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria |
1906 |
Surrendered to Britain, 1919. Ceded to Canadian Pacific Steamship Company and renamed Empress of Scotland, 1921. Scrapped 1930. |
Pisa |
1907
(Chartered 1903) |
Built 1896 for Sloman Line. Chartered from Sloman in 1903 before being bought outright by HAPAG in 1907. Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed Ascutney. Scrapped 1924. |
President Lincoln |
1907 |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917. Torpedoed and sunk, 1918. |
President Grant |
1907 |
Built 1903 as Servian for Wilson & Furness-Leyland Line. Purchased by HAPAG, 1907. Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917. Renamed Republic, 1920. Transferred to United States Lines, 1924. Scrapped as USAT Republic, 1952. |
Konig Wilhelm II |
1907 |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed USS Madawaska. Scrapped as USS U.S. Grant, 1948. |
Ypiranga |
1908 |
Surrendered to Britain, 1919. Transferred to Anchor Line and renamed Assyria, 1921. Sank en route to scrappers as Colonial, 1950. |
Corcovado |
1908 |
Surrendered to France, 1919. Sold to Italy 1920, to Portugal 1930, and renamed Mouzinho. Scrapped in 1954. |
Westerwald |
1908 |
Seized by Portugal, 1916, and renamed Lima. Scrapped in 1969. |
Spreewald |
1908 |
Captured by the Royal Navy, 1914. Renamed Lucia. Scrapped in 1951. |
Frankenwald |
1908 |
Surrendered to France, 1919, and renamed Tadla. Sold to Turkey, 1934, and renamed Tari. Scrapped in 1967. |
Cleveland |
1909
(1926) |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed USS Mobile. Sailed as King Alexander for Byron Steamship Company and as Cleveland for United American Lines before being transferred back to HAPAG in merger with UAL, 1926. Scrapped 1933. |
Cincinnati |
1909 |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed USS Covington. Torpedoed and sunk 1918. |
Grunewald |
1912 |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed General G. W. Goethals. Sold to Panama Railway Company, 1920. Bought by Munson Steamship Line, 1926, and renamed Munorleans. Scrapped 1936. |
Wasgenwald / Grunewald |
1912
(1926) |
Sold to Kerr Steamship Company and renamed Shoshone, 1917. Later sailed as USS Shoshone for US Navy and Manoa for Canada Steamship Lines. Bought back by HAPAG and renamed Grunewald, 1926. Scrapped 1933. |
Prussia |
1912 |
Seized by Brazil in 1917 and renamed Cabedello. Missing at sea, 1942. |
Imperator |
1913 |
Surrendered to US government, 1919. Transferred to Cunard Line and renamed Berengaria, 1921. Sold for scrap, 1938. |
Bohemia |
1913 |
Built 1902 as Iowa for White Diamond Steamship Company. Bought from Furness Withy, 1913. Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed Artemis. Transferred to British government and renamed Empire Bittern, 1941. Scuttled as blockship, 1944. |
Königin Luise |
1913 |
Sunk 1914 |
Vaterland |
1914 |
Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed Leviathan. Operated by United States Lines. Sold for scrap, 1937. |
Vogtland |
n/a
(launched 1916) |
Launched 1916. Seized by British Government before she could enter service, 1919. Transferred to New Zealand Shipping Company and renamed Cambridge, 1919. Sunk 1940. |
Rhineland / Friesland |
1920 |
Launched as Rhineland and renamed Friesland during fitting out. Ceded to British government, 1920. Transferred to Federal Steamship Navigation Company and renamed Hertford, 1922. Torpedoed and sunk, 1942. |
Bismarck |
n/a
(launched 1914) |
Launched 1914. Surrendered to British government while incomplete. Transferred to White Star Line and renamed Majestic, 1922. Caught fire as HMS Caledonia, 1939, and subsequently scrapped. |
Hagen |
1921 |
Seized by South African Government, 1939. Transferred to UK and renamed Empire Success. Scuttled 1948. |
Schwarzwald |
1921 |
Sold to H. Vogemann, 1935. Seized by Royal Navy, 1939, and renamed Empire Mariner. Scrapped, 1964 |
Spreewald / Anubis |
1922 |
Renamed Anubis, 1935. Reverted to Spreewald, 1940. Torpedoed and sunk in friendly fire incident, 1942. |
Arcadia |
1922 |
Sold to Kohlen-Import und Poseidon Schiffahrt and renamed Elbing, 1934. Wrecked as Francisco Morazan, 1960. |
Ambria |
1922 |
Sold to Deutsche Levant Linie, 1928. Scrapped as Malay, 1961. |
Cattaro |
1922 |
Sold to Bugsier Reederei & Bergungs AG, 1930, and renamed Finkenau. Wrecked as Frontier, 1957. |
Thuringia / General San Martin |
1922 |
Chartered by Hamburg Süd, 1934 before being sold outright to them, 1936. Scrapped as Empire Deben, 1955. |
Albert Ballin / Hansa |
1923 |
Renamed Hansa, 1935. Struck a mine and sank, 1945. Raised and refitted by Soviet Union as Sovetsky Soyuz around 1949. Scrapped as Tobolsk, 1982. |
Deutschland |
1924 |
Sunk by air attack, 1945. Wreck raised and scrapped, 1949. |
Saarland |
1924 |
Sold to Japanese Imperial Steamship Co., and renamed Teiyo Maru, 1940. Sunk 1943. |
William O'Swald / Resolute |
1926
(launched 1914) |
Launched 1915 as HAPAG's William O'Swald. Sold incomplete to Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd and renamed Brabantia, 1916. Transferred to United American Lines and renamed Resolute, 1922. Re-acquired in merger with HAPAG, 1926. Sold to Italian Line and renamed Lombardia, 1935. Sunk by air raid, 1943, and subsequently scrapped. |
Reliance / Johann Heinrich Burchard |
1926
(launched 1915) |
Launched 1915 as HAPAG's Johann Heinrich Burchard, then placed in lay-up. Sold to Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd and renamed Limburgia, 1916. Transferred to United American Lines and renamed Reliance, 1922. Re-acquired in merger with HAPAG, 1926. Damaged by fire, 1938, and subsequently scrapped. |
Gera |
1926 |
Launched 1923 for German Australian Line. Acquired by HAPAG, 1926. Seized by Britain and renamed Empire Indus. Sunk as Pan Ocean, 1958. |
Hamburg |
1926 |
Struck a mine and sunk, 1945. Raised by Soviets and converted to whaler Yuri Dolgoruki, 1950-1960. Scrapped 1977. |
New York |
1927 |
Sunk 1945. |
Oceana |
1927 |
Built 1913 as Sierra Salvada. Acquired from Società Servizi Marittimi by HAPAG, and renamed Oceana, 1927. Seized by British and renamed Empire Tarne, 1945. Scrapped as Sibir, 1963. |
Kulmerland |
1928 |
Scuttled 1944. Subsequently raised and scrapped. |
Seattle |
1928 |
Sunk 1940. |
Palatia |
1928 |
Sold to Soviet Union and renamed Khasan, 1940. Captured by Kriegsmarine and reverted to Palatia, 1941. Sunk by air attack, 1942. |
Milwaukee |
1929 |
Surrendered to Britain and renamed Empire Waveney, 1945. Caught fire, 1946, and subsequently scrapped. |
St. Louis |
1929 |
Damaged by air raid, 1944. Subsequently repaired and used as a hotel ship. Scrapped 1952. |
Kurmark |
1930 |
Requisitioned by Kriegsmarine and converted into auxiliary cruiser Orion. Sunk by air raid, 1945. |
Neumark |
1930 |
Requisitioned by Kriegsmarine and converted into auxiliary cruiser Widder. Wrecked as Fechenheim, 1955. |
Potsdam |
n/a
(launched 1935) |
Launched for HAPAG, 1935, before being sold to Norddeutscher Lloyd before completion. Scrapped as Pan-Islamic Steamship Company's Safina-E-Hujjaj, 1976. |
Antilla |
1939 |
Scuttled 1940. |
Arauca |
1939 |
Seized by United States Maritime Commission and contracted to South Atlantic Steamship Company as Sting, 1941. Delivered to US Navy and renamed Saturn, 1942. Scrapped 1972. |
Orizaba |
1939 |
Wrecked off Norway, 1940. |
Vaterland |
n/a
(launched 1940) |
Launched 1940, then laid up incomplete. Heavily damaged in air raid, 1943, and scrapped by 1948. |
Cuxhaven |
1943 |
Seized by United States, 1945. Sunk as Danish-flagged Inger Skou, 1952. |
Millerntor |
1943 |
Seized by British, 1945, and renamed Empire Lune. Scrapped as Sapho I, 1970. |
Wilhelmshafen |
1943 |
Seized by British, 1945, and renamed Empire Douglas. Scrapped as Korsun Shevtshenkovsky, 1972. |
Homeland |
1951 |
Built as Virginian, 1904. Chartered by HAPAG from Home Lines, 1951. Scrapped 1955. |