SS Lutzow

SS Lutzow

ANZAC troops aboard SS LUTZOW, near Seddul Bahr during the Gallipoli campaign - Kings College, London photo 3272 Dardanelles Expedition.
History
Name	SS Lutzow
Owner	Norddeutscher Lloyd
Builder	AG Weser, Bremen, Germany
Launched	17 Dec 1907
Completed	1908
In service	11 Apr 1908
Out of service	December 1932
General characteristics
Type	passenger / cargo
Tonnage	8,818 tons
Length	481 ft 6 in (146.77m)
Beam	57 ft 5 in (17.55m)
Propulsion	twin screw
Speed	15 knots (27.78 km/h)

Remarks

Used on the Bremen to the Far East via the Suez Canal route by its original owners. Captured in August 1914 in the Suez Canal, and renamed Huntsend, it was used under this name until it was bought back by its original owners in 1923.

While it did evacuate troops from Gallipoli as a Hospital ship during 1915, its primary use was as a troop ship, managed by the Leyland Line. On 3 January 1917 near Crete, the Huntsend was damaged by a torpedo fired by the German U-boat UB-47. On 4 January at 11:15 am, HMS Pelorus reported receiving 5 military officers and 6 mercantile ratings who were survivors from the Huntsend, which had been towed to port. By April 1917 the damaged Huntsend was in a dry dock in Tyne and Wear, England. During the 1918 flu pandemic, the Huntsend departed Montreal on 26 Sep 1918 with 649 Canadian soldiers on board. Before the ship had left port, the ship's doctor had reported concerns about 15 of the passengers who were already sick with influenza and pneumonia. Despite his reported concerns, the ship sailed, and five percent of the 649 Canadians died before the ship disembarked on 11 October 1918.

Sold back to Norddeutscher Lloyd in 1923 who held her until they on sold her to Bremer Vulkan on 24 Dec 1932. Scrapped in 1933.

Soldiers carried

Alexandria to Gallipoli 16 -21 May 1915

• † Thomas Buckingham
• Charles Gorringe
• Spencer Gwynne DCM MID
• Beverley John Liddelow
• † Hallidon (Ernest) McAliece
• Samuel Edward Tate

Lemnos to Malta 2- 6 September 1915

• Percy Francis Keenan

Alexandria to Marseilles 20 - 30 Jun 1916

• Frank Grundy
• Terry de Bohun Helm