SS Königin Luise

SLWA photo B2287 043 5
History
Name	SS Königin Luise
Builder/Built	1896 AG Vulcan Steettin, Germany
Type	Ocean Liner (twin screw)
Displacement	10,566 tons
Speed	15 knots

Remarks

Built for the North German Lloyd (NDL) Line, and used on the Australian, Far East and North Atlantic routes.

Bottled up in German ports during WW1, she was part of the German reparations to Britain after the war.

Sold to the Orient Steam Navigation Company, they renamed her SS Omar in 1921, before selling her in 1924 to the Byron Steam Ship Co of London who called her the SS Edison.

Scrapped in Italy during 1935.

England to Fremantle 21 June - 3 August 1919

• George Bett post WW1
• William Percival Nairn
• Arthur Thomas Orton MM
• Francis Joseph (Frank) Steffan

England to Fremantle 18 December 1919 - 20 January 1920

• Oliver John Dowell